Adams's 70th birthday is feted around the world during the 2016-17 season, with anniversary highlights including residencies with the Berlin Philharmonic and Orchestre de Lyon, and special programming focuses with the St. His stage works, all in collaboration with director Peter Sellars, include Nixon in China (1987), The Death of Klinghoffer (1991), El Niño (2000), Doctor Atomic (2005), A Flowering Tree (2006), and the Passion oratorio The Gospel According to the Other Mary (2012). Works spanning more than three decades have entered the repertoire and are among the most performed of all contemporary classical music, among them Harmonielehre, Shaker Loops, Chamber Symphony, Doctor Atomic Symphony, Short Ride in a Fast Machine, and his Violin Concerto.
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His works, both operatic and symphonic, stand out among contemporary classical compositions for their depth of expression, brilliance of sound, and the profoundly humanist nature of their themes. John Adams occupies a unique position in the world of American music.
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Sharp and Evelyn Sharp Foundation with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Lead funding for Works & Process is provided by The Florence Gould Foundation, The Christian Humann Foundation, Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Caroline M. $40, $35 Guggenheim Members and Friends of Works & Processīox Office (212) 423-3575 or San Francisco Opera was a co-commissioner of The Death of Klinghoffer and presented the work in November 1992 commissioned Doctor Atomic for premiere in 2005 presented Nixon in China in June 2012 and commissioned Girls of the Golden West to be presented in November 2017. This discussion will also include set designer David Gropman along with J'Nai Bridges and Hye Jung Lee, accompanied by pianist John Churchwell. Retrieved October 31, 2020.Works & Process at the Guggenheim presents San Francisco Opera: Girls of the Golden Weston Thursday and Friday, September 21 at 7:30pm.Ĭomposer John Adams and librettist/director Peter Sellars discusstheir newest collaboration with San Francisco Opera GeneralDirector Matthew Shilvock. With a libretto drawn from original sources by director Peter Sellars, Girls of the Golden West explores the dramatic and often brutal stories of pioneers on California's Gold Rush frontier during the early 1850s. "How This 'Young, Gifted and Black' Opera Singer Is Confronting Racism With His Music". "Tribute To Breonna Taylor Opens Louisville Orchestra Virtual Fall Season". "Opera singer pays tribute to Breonna Taylor". ^ "The Black Clown | Mostly Mozart on WQXR".^ "In Conversation – With Davóne Tines | Classical New York"." 'The Black Clown' Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem". "Review: The Wrenching 'Fire Shut Up in My Bones' Becomes an Opera (Published 2019)". "Opera review: 'Fire Shut Up in My Bones' tells a gritty story in jazz". " 'Girls of the Golden West' Review: Panning for Pageantry". "Review: John Adams Mines Gold Rush History for His New Opera (Published 2017)". ^ Tommasini, Anthony (December 1, 2017)."Review: Matthew Aucoin's 'Crossing' Is a Taut, Inspired Opera (Published 2015)". "Japanese Theater Inspires a New Opera of Celestial Textures (Published 2018)". ^ "Davóne Tines Wins 'Time' Recognition"."Lincoln Center honors FHS graduate Davóne Tines". "At 29, this 'El Niño' singer is the buzz of California's opera world". ^ Smith, Christopher (December 8, 2016).^ "Our Daily Breather: Make The Perfect Cup Of Quarantine Coffee With Davóne Tines".
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In 2020, he received a Sphinx Medal of Excellence and was a National Education Association Human & Civil Rights Awards Honoree. Tines received the 2018 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award and was named a 2019 Time Next Generation Leader. In 2020, he created and co-composed VIGIL, a music video about Breonna Taylor that premiered on the Lincoln Center website and received its orchestral premiere by the Louisville Orchestra. He co-created and starred in The Black Clown, a dramatic work adapted from the poem of the same name by Langston Hughes. He originated leading roles in the world premieres of operas including Matthew Aucoin's Crossing, John Adams' Girls of the Golden West, and Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Tines came to international attention starring opposite Philippe Jaroussky in the Dutch National Opera premiere of Kaija Saariaho's opera Only the Sound Remains. Tines is a graduate of Fauquier High School, Harvard University, and the Juilliard School.