Editing Thomas Adès (section)

==Biography==
Adès was born in London to art historian [[Dawn Adès]] and poet [[Timothy Adès]]. His surname is of [[Syrian Jews|Syrian Jewish]] origin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Superstar of Biblical Proportions: Thomas Adès |url=https://www.jewishquarterly.org/2014/10/epic-sounds-thomas-ades/ |website=Jewish Quarterly |access-date=9 January 2021 |date=14 October 2014 |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116092744/https://www.jewishquarterly.org/2014/10/epic-sounds-thomas-ades/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Adès is gay and identified his sexuality closely with the Russian composer [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] in his youth.<ref>{{cite news |last=Teeman |first=Tim |date=16 February 2011 |title=Thomas Adès: why I have to compose |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/north-america-travel/us-travel/new-york-city/thomas-ades-why-i-have-to-compose-2q9rkmxr7x9 |access-date=7 September 2023 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Adès studied piano with Paul Berkowitz and later [[musical composition|composition]] with [[Robert Saxton]] at [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]], London. After attending [[University College School]], he achieved a [[First-Class Honours|double starred first]] in 1992 at [[King's College, Cambridge]], studying with [[Alexander Goehr]] and [[Robin Holloway]].<ref>[https://www.ft.com/content/dfd2e3e2-7e19-11e8-bc55-50daf11b720d "Holloway: Trios – 'quick-witted music'"] by Richard Fairman, ''[[Financial Times]]'', 6 July 2018</ref> He was appointed Britten Professor of Composition in the [[Royal Academy of Music]] and in 2004 was awarded an [[honorary doctorate]] by the [[University of Essex]].<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Essex Calendar |url=http://www.essex.ac.uk/academic/docs/cal/former.shtm |work=University of Essex |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007233550/http://www.essex.ac.uk/academic/docs/cal/former.shtm |archive-date=7 October 2012 }}</ref>

In 2007, a retrospective festival of Adès's work was presented at the [[Barbican Arts Centre]] in London and he was the focus of [[Radio France]]'s annual contemporary music festival, "Présences", and Helsinki's "Musica Nova" festival. The Barbican festival, "Traced Overhead: The Musical World of Thomas Adès", included the UK premiere of a new work for [[Simon Rattle]] and the [[Berlin Philharmonic]], ''[[Tevot]]''. Journalist [[Tom Service]] wrote of the piece, "Of any piece of new music I've heard at its premiere, this is one of the most immediately, richly powerful."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Huizenga|first1=Tom|title=Berlin Philharmonic, in Concert at Carnegie Hall|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16227797|newspaper=NPR|date=13 November 2007|access-date=11 January 2018}}</ref> In the spring of 2007, ''[[The Tempest (opera)|The Tempest]]'' returned to the [[Royal Opera House]].

In 2009, Adès was the focus of Stockholm Concert Hall's annual Composer Festival, and in 2010 he was appointed foreign member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Music]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Ledamöter | website=Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien | url=https://www.musikaliskaakademien.se/omakademien/organisation/ledamoter.39.html | language=sv | access-date=12 November 2024}}</ref>

On 8 October 2015, Adès was elected into the Board of Directors of the European Academy of Music Theatre.<ref>[http://musiktheater-akademie.eu/17995/ "New board elected: Thomas Adès, Joseph Calleja and Alessandro Di Profio new members"], European Academy of Music Theatre, 10 October 2015</ref>

For 2022 he was awarded the [[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award]] in Music and Opera.<ref>https://www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/noticias/15th-edition-music-opera-thomas-ades/ BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2022</ref>

Adès won an [[Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello Award]] at The Ivors Classical Awards 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ivorsacademy.com/event/the-ivors-classical-awards-2023/ | title=The Ivors Classical Awards 2023 | date=14 November 2023 }}</ref> ''Növények'', for mezzo-soprano and piano sextet won the award for Best Chamber Ensemble Composition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Mark |date=18 October 2023 |title=Nominees announced for The Ivors Classical Awards 2024 |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/news/nominees-announced-for-the-ivors-classical-awards-2023/ |access-date=18 October 2023 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Mark |date=14 November 2023 |title=Winners of The Ivors Classical Awards 2023 announced |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/news/winners-of-the-ivors-classical-awards-2023-announced/ |access-date=15 November 2023 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In September 2024, he was presented with the [[Royal Philharmonic Society]]'s Gold Medal by [[Simon Rattle]] at the [[BBC Proms]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/rps_today/news/thomas-ades-receives-the-rps-gold-medal | title=Thomas Adès receives the RPS Gold Medal at the BBC Proms }}</ref>