Adam Stern (conductor)

Adam Stern (conductor)

Adam Stern (born 1955) is an American conductor. Born in Hollywood, Stern was trained at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles. He received his MFA in conducting in 1977 at the age of twenty-one, the youngest music student in CalArts' history to receive a Master's degreeFact|date=March 2008.

Following years as a freelance conductor, composer and pianist, Stern served as Assistant Conductor (1992-1996) and Associate Conductor (1996-2001) of the Seattle SymphonyFact|date=March 2008, as well as Music Director of the Northwest Chamber Orchestra (1994-2000)Fact|date=March 2008. He is currently the Music Director of the Seattle Philharmonic and the Port Angeles SymphonyFact|date=March 2008.

A devotee of unjustly neglected worksFact|date=March 2008, Stern is particularly noted for his frequent performances of English music, especially that of Ralph Vaughan WilliamsFact|date=March 2008.

He led the first Seattle Symphony performance of Vaughan Williams' "Pastoral Symphony" in 1996Fact|date=March 2008; In January 2007, he and the Seattle Philharmonic presented the Northwest premiere of the same composer's final symphony, No. 9Fact|date=March 2008. Stern has also led Seattle, Northwest and West Coast premieres of works by Aaron Copland, Gustav Holst, Aurelio de la Vega, Gerard Schurmann, Richard Peaslee, Richard Danielpour, Rodion Shchedrin, James Tenney, and Goffredo PetrassiFact|date=March 2008.

Stern has also performed as a pianist in concertos by Bach, Mozart, and Gershwin.

Stern's compositions include "The Fairy's Gift" for narrator and chamber ensemble (available on the Delos label), "Partita Concertante" for bassoon and wind ensemble, and "Fanfare Pastorale," written for the Seattle PhilharmonicFact|date=March 2008. In addition, Stern was a recording producer for the majority of recordings made by Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle SymphonyFact|date=March 2008.

Stern won a 1990 Grammy Award as "Classical Producer of the Year."Fact|date=March 2008


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