ADAM STERN, conductor
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"Mr. Stern, whose gestures are broad and balletic, made himself indispensable in Telemann's Concerto Polonois and in the F-major Suite from Handel's Water Music. To both, he brought road maps of coloristic, textural and dynamic manipulations that yielded distinctively shaped, tactile readings."
New York Times

"The orchestra led by Adam Stern played with admirable strength and incisiveness.”
Los Angeles Times

“Stern outdid himself in the luxuriant reading he and the Milwaukee Symphony gave of Vaughan Williams' Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus.'”
Milkwaukee Sentinel

"Stern's obvious partisanship [for Elgar, Britten and Vaughan Williams] came through in last night's concert, which radiated passionate involvement. As a conductor, Stern has his own particular style: no baton, gestures which arise from the wrist as much as from the hand, and clear, direct, energetic instructions to the orchestra."
Seattle Times


"Stern has an ebullient personality, which is reflected in his podium manner. But, that ebullience does not unduly influence his music making. The long pungent lines of Britten's Serenade were readily sustained, and Vaughan Williams' 'Pastoral' Symphony was filled with handsome sonorities and well-developed phrases."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"The Northwest Chamber Orchestra's best playing of the evening came in the familiar Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings with Stern shaping phrases and bringing out interior voices for a performance of distinction."

Seattle Times

"Stern drew performances from the orchestra that embody the best approach to Baroque music on today's instruments. Decisive tempos, crisp articulation and agile, accurate playing characterized all the evening's offerings."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"The Seattle Symphony responded to Stern's obvious love for Elgar's big, buoyant Symphony No. 2 with playing of considerable intensity and precision."
Seattle Times


"The [Seattle Philharmonic's] awareness of everything music can be is due to Stern. For him, music is more than notes on a page."
The Gathering Note


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UPCOMING EVENTS

October 15, 2023
Federal Way Performing Arts and Events Center
Federal Way WA
Federal Way Symphony

Shore / Liszt / Vaughan Williams / Herrmann
Geísa Dutra, piano

October 28, 2023
Benaroya Hall
Seattle WA
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethoven / Borodin / Gounod / Grenfell / J. Strauss, Jr.

December 2, 2023
Federal Way Performing Arts and Events Center
Federal Way WA
Federal Way Symphony
Federal Way Chorale (Thomas Almli, director)

Holiday Concert
Ryan Bede, baritone

January 20, 2024
Benaroya Hall
Seattle WA
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra

Glazunov / Žebeljan / Dvořák
Luke Fitzpatrick, violin

March 3, 2024
Federal Way Performing Arts and Events Center
Federal Way WA
Federal Way Symphony

J. S. Bach / W. F. Bach / C. P. E. Bach / J. C. Bach / P. D. Q. Bach
José Luis Muñoz, countertenor

April 13, 2024
Benaroya Hall
Seattle WA
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra

Alrich / Liszt / Honegger
Nathan Zhao, piano

April 14, 2024
Federal Way Performing Arts and Events Center
Federal Way WA
Federal Way Symphony

Vivaldi / Piazzolla / Bassett / Haydn
Jamie Maschler, accordion

June 1, 2024
Benaroya Hall
Seattle WA
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra

Williams / Sibelius / Tchaikovsky
Stacey Mastrian, soprano

July 25, 2024
Marshfield High School Auditorium
Coos Bay OR
Oregon Coast Music Festival Orchestra

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