Thomas Adès
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British composer, pianist and conductor
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Mother
- Dawn Adès
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- St John's College
- Employer
- Royal Academy of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- performing arts
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- EMI Classics
- Official website
- www.thomasades.com
- Image
- Orchestree de L´opéra National de Paris011 (54749668116).jpg
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- name in native language
- Thomas Adès
- date of birth
- 1971-03-01
- Commons category
- Thomas Adès
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
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- 6835
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Encyclopedic overview
Adès conducting the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris (2025) Thomas Joseph Edmund Adès CBE (born 1 March 1971) is a British composer, pianist and conductor. Five compositions by Adès received votes in the 2017 Classic Voice poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000: The Tempest (2004), Violin Concerto (2005), Tevot (2007), In Seven Days (2008), and Polaris (2010). Major recent works include: Dante (2020) and Aquifer (2024).
Biography
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