Leader
David Adam
David Adams is the Leader of the Ulster Orchestra and Co-Artistic Director of the Goldberg Ensemble. As an orchestral leader he has appeared with many of the UK's symphony and chamber orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, City of London Sinfonia, English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. John's, and the Britten Sinfonia.
Equally at home on the violin and the viola, he has been a member of the Raphael and Ovid Ensembles and has made numerous guest appearances with the Nash Ensemble, Lindsays, Leopold String Trio, Hebrides Ensemble, Gould Piano Trio, Sorrel and Danel String Quartets. His other musical collaborations include concerts and broadcasts with Steven Isserlis, Alexander Janizcek and James Clark.
David Adams attends the International Musicians' Seminar at Prussia Cove and has participated in the IMS national tours and 30th anniversary concert at the Wigmore Hall.
Recent engagements include directing and solo appearances with the Ulster Orchestra and a series of concerts with the Endellion Quartet including the Beethoven Quintets. Other engagements include performances at the Corbridge Festival (Northumberland) with the Gould Piano Trio and Brodsky Quartet, and at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with the Nash Ensemble.
David Adams began his studies at the age of five with his father, Principal Viola in the Hallé Orchestra. He continued his training with Malcolm Layfield at Chetham's School of Music and the RNCM and then in the USA with Zvi Zeitlin and Daniel Phillips. He has recently acquired a beautiful Johannes Gagliano violin from 1800 and plays a Betts viola c.1840, previously played by his father.