PIANIST
GRAMOPHONE 2018
"The programme as a whole is suffused with charm and in Adam Johnson’s sympathetic performances is immensely listenable to”
MUSIC WEB INTERNATIONAL 2018
“The virtuoso pianist Adam Johnson is fully equal to the range of the music and I have enjoyed this CD very much”
Multi-prize-winning pianist, composer and conductor, Adam Johnson was a Scholar and Junior Fellow of Accompaniment at The Royal Northern College of Music.
He has performed under the baton of Stephen Bell, Kent Nagano, Martyn Brabbins, and George Hurst, making his Concerto debut aged 15 playing Mozart Piano Concerto No. 15 in Pavlovsk Place, St. Petersburg, conducting from the piano.
Adam studied piano with David Murray, Ka Kit Tam, Martin Roscoe and Peter Feuchtwanger (who described him as in possession of ‘an excellent technique and full of fantasy’.)
He has performed on some of the world’s finest concert platforms including Wigmore Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Cadogan Hall, Altes Rathaus Vienna, Schoenberg Saal, Austria, and continues to teach piano at Durham University and at Newcastle University where he is Head of Keyboard.
Adam made his Wigmore Hall debut in 2017.
Adam Johnson holds the prestigious Freedom of the City of London, which was awarded to him in 2019. In the same year, Adam recorded his debut composition album ‘Savage Piano’ in Abbey Road Studio 2, which went on to win the Ida Carroll Award and was released in 2021 on Collaborative Records to critical acclaim - most recently by Elaine Paige:
"The most beautiful piece of piano music. I loved it” Elaine Paige on BBC Radio 2, January 2024.
Adam was recently nominated for a Grammy for his album with tenor Brian Smith Walters.
AWARDS
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Toivo Kuula: Complete Works for Solo Piano (Grand Piano Records) The Finnish Institute of Music Award
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Savage Piano (Collaborative Piano Label) The Ida Carroll Trust
As well as Adam’s commitment to the Classical genre, he also enjoys appealing to a wider audience with his glamorous shows onboard Viking Cruises, Virgin Cruises, Seabourn, Cunard etc.
He dazzles crowds with his diverse range of repertoire which includes Daft Punk, Radiohead, Elton John, Sia, and also soundtracks from the stage and screen.
Over his 20 years he has brought thousands to standing ovations. He looks forward to bringing his show to the UK and beyond.
For more information on Adam’s spectacular piano shows, and for enquiries please click here.
TV & MOVIE CREDITS
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Valentine’s Kiss (2015) (TV Mini Series) - Pianist
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Lady Chatterley’s Lover (2015) (BBC) - Arranger/Pianist
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Miss Potter (2006) (Pheonix Pictures) - Pianist
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Pianist) 2018 - composer Alexandra Harwood
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On her shoulders (Pianist) 2018 - composer Patrick Jonsson
