Mariam Adam
Mariam Adam, Clarinetist, is an internationally known chamber musician, soloist, music advocate and educator originally from Monterey, California. A founding and former member of the Grammy-winning woodwind quintet, Imani Winds, she maintained an active international touring schedule for almost two decades with performances at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Beijing Arts Center, Hollywood Bowl among hundreds others with numerous awards/noted recordings including “Best of iTunes 2016”. Since moving to France in 2016 she has performed throughout Europe with Eric le Sage, Francois Salque and at such festivals such as Folle Journee, Colmar Festival, Radio France Festival as featured artist and more. She has soloed with Singapore Symphony, Appassionata Ensemble, Orchestra de Pau, and toured with Quatuor Zaide, Jerusalem Trio as well as with legendary satirist, Gaspard Proust. Her last solo album, “Havana Moon” with TransAtlantic Ensemble was Sirius XM’s Best of Symphony Hall list, and Grammophone said "Coolly virtuoso performances lit by flashes of passion".
Since 2016 she has been visiting principal clarinetist with London-based Chineke! Orchestra and chamber ensemble and several recordings. With them she was featured in their “Samuel Coleridge-Taylor” documentary, “In tune” and the BBC Proms. She has over a dozen recordings that can be heard on E1 Classics, Steinway label, Warner Classics, Signum, Orchid with her profile featured on NPR’s “Performance Today”. She has had works written for her by Valerie Coleman, Scott McAllister, Fred O and John Wineglass with regular invitations to ClarFest, BUTI Tanglewood, YOLA, Alarm Will Sound and solo appearances. Ms. Adam is a Vandoren and Paris Selmer Artist, visiting professor at the Cleveland Institute of Music and is Professor of Clarinet at the Blair School of Music of Vanderbilt and balances her time between Nashville and Paris.