Editing Thomas Adès (section)

==Other musical activities==
===Pianist===
In 1993, at age 22, Adès gave his first public piano recital in London as part of the Park Lane Group series of recitals.

Adès was a runner-up in the [[BBC]]'s [[BBC Young Musician of the Year|Young Musician of the Year]] competition in 1990. EMI has released a CD of Adès as a solo performer, "Thomas Adès: Piano", and several CDs as an accompanist, frequently with [[Ian Bostridge]], [[Steven Isserlis]] and others. As a student Adès was a percussionist, at one point playing percussion in [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]]'s "[[Les noces]]" under Sir Simon Rattle.

===Musical Director===
Adès was the first Music Director of the [[Birmingham Contemporary Music Group]] from 1998 to 2000.<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/livereviews/story/0,,2266239,00.html | title=BCMG/Adès (CBSO Centre, Birmingham) | work=The Guardian | author=Rian Evans | date=18 March 2008 | access-date=17 April 2008}}</ref> 

He served as Artistic Director of the [[Aldeburgh Festival]] from 1999 to 2008, succeeded in 2009 by the pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard.

In 2000, he was composer-in-residence of the [[Ojai Festival]] in California (along with [[Mark-Anthony Turnage]]), under the artistic direction of [[Ernest Fleischmann]]. While there, performances included:
* The U.S. West Coast premiere of ''Asyla'', with Sir Simon Rattle conducting the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]]
* ''Darkness Visible" and "Still Sorrowing'' performed by pianist [[Gloria Cheng]]
* ''These Premises are Alarmed'' conducted by Rattle with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

He was resident with the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] during their 2005/6 and 2006/7 seasons as part of the orchestra's "On Location" series at [[Walt Disney Concert Hall]] and other locations.

Adès is the Deborah and Philip Edmundson artistic partner with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held for three years, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, and 2020/2021. The position was created specifically for him.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bso.org/a-b-c/thomas-ades.aspx |title=Deborah and Philip Edmundson Artistic Partner Boston Symphony Orchestra &#124; bso.org |access-date=24 June 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205919/https://www.bso.org/a-b-c/thomas-ades.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>