Adam Walker
Woodwind
At the forefront of a new generation of wind soloists, Adam Walker was appointed principal flute of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2009 at the age of 21 and received the Outstanding Young Artist Award at MIDEM Classique in Cannes. In 2010 he won a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award and was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Outstanding Young Artist Award.
An ambassador for the flute with a ferocious appetite for repertoire, Adam’s interests range from the less well-known French Baroque through to newly commissioned works. In 2011 he gave the world premiere of Brett Dean’s The Siduri Dances with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales and in 2013 Marin Alsop invited him to give the world premiere of Kevin Puts’ Flute Concerto at the Cabrillo Festival. The London Symphony Orchestra and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ jointly commissioned Huw Watkins to write a flute concerto which Adam premiered in February 2014 under Daniel Harding.
As a soloist Adam performs with the major UK orchestras and has also appeared with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Solistes Européens, Luxembourg and the RTE National Symphony Orchestra. Recital highlights include Wigmore Hall, LSO St Luke’s, City of London Festival, Varese (Italy) and the Utrecht Chamber Music Festival.
Adam studied at Chetham’s School of Music with Gitte Sorensen and the Royal Academy of Music with Michael Cox graduating with distinction in 2009. In 2004 he was a Concerto Finalist at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Young Musician of the Year.
