- Adam Walker
"This page refers to Adam L. Walker the classical flautist.
* For the Scottish ice hockey player, seeAdam Walker (ice hockey) .
* For the Chester City F.C. footballer, seeAdam Walker (footballer) ."Adam L. Walker (born in
26 December 1987 ) is an Englishclassical flautist .Adam was born in
Retford ,Nottinghamshire . By the age of nine, he had taught himself to play the flute and piano. A year later, he enteredChetham's School of Music , where he studied flute withGitte Sorensen , also studying piano as a secondary subject.In 2002, at the age of 14, Adam became the youngest ever winner of the British Flute Society Competition and in 2003 won the Royal Overseas League prize for the woodwind player with "the most promise". He has appeared as soloist with the
Hallé Orchestra atBridgewater Hall and with the City ofBirmingham Symphony Orchestra atBuckingham Palace . In 2004, he was a concerto finalist in theBBC Young Musician of the Year Competition performing Nielsen's Flute Concerto with theBBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh.Fact|date=April 2007 Later that year he made his debut recital atWigmore Hall , and gave a recital at St George’s Bristol. He has given numerous radio broadcasts, including appearances onBBC Radio 3 . As a teen, he also appeared in a primetime BBC documentary, How to make a Genius.In January 2005, Adam toured the middle-east and in August he took part in the Edinburgh International Festival production of Britten’s Curlew River. His concert work has included recitals with harpist Sally Pryce at Wigmore Hall and Bridgewater Hall and in
Paris andMadrid . Since September 2005, Adam has been studying with Michael Cox at theRoyal Academy of Music .In 2006 his performance of
Christopher Ball 's Flute Concerto (which had been written for him) was released on CD.External links
* [http://www.ycat.co.uk/bbcymdetail.asp?ID=29 Young Concert Artists Trust]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/intune/pip/5t95m/ BBC Radio 3]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/competition/wigmore_adam.shtml BBC Young Musician Wigmore Concert]
* [http://www.eif.co.uk/festival2005/opera.htm Edinburgh International Festival]
* [http://www.chethams.com/News/CompetitionSuccess.htm Chetham's Competition Success Lineup]
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