James Adler In Recital

James Adler will perform Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition on the Arts on Bergen noontime series of concerts on April 9th. He will also perform music by Paul Turok and will be joined by tenor Michael Buchanan and flutist Denise Koncelik for in his own work, Beautiful Garden. The concert is free and open to the public.

Wednesday April 9 at noon
St. Peter Chapel
2652 Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, NJ

From Albany Records: James Adler's "Reflection"

Throughout, Adler shows himself to be a distinguished, thoughtful, imaginative pianist, and the recorded sound is perfect... An imaginatively programmed and beautifully played piano recital. Five Stars. -- Henry Fogel, Fanfare Magazine (Sept. 2024)

In one word: Stupendous -- Kathodik. Read the full review.

From Albany Records, James Adler's new album of piano music, featuring his A Curtis Reflection.

This album includes Henco Espag's Mistieke Feetjies, Paul Turok's Little Suite for Piano, Robert Schumann's Kinderszenen, and Claude Debussy's Deux Arabesques.

Double Winner – Global Music Awards!

"Reflections" was awarded two Silver Medals for Outstanding Achievement in the Global Music Awards. James Adler received an award as outstanding instrumentalist, and the album was also awarded a silver medal.

Official Selections – Apollo Global Music Awards

From "Reflections", my performances of A Curtis Reflection, Schumann's Kinderszenen, and Debussy's Deux Arabesques are Official Selections for the Apollo Global Music Awards - AGMA - 2025 Season.

Winner: InterContinental Music Awards!

Tremendously excited to announce that "That Star in the Picture" is a double award winner at the 2024 InterContinental Music Awards. "Pie Jesu" and "Beautiful Garden" were both selected in the Best of Pangea Classical category during the live awards broadcast on August 25th. View my official award profile here.

The Best of MMAG

James Adler is featured on the recent Best of MMAG 2023-2024. This series -- Music and Musicians Around the Globe -- is produced in conjunction with Virtual Concert Halls.

That Star in the Picture

Global Music Award Winner!

James Adler has been selected as a Global Music Awards - Silver Medal Winner for outstanding achievement (Composer category) for his album That Star in the Picture, released by Albany Records.

Read about the CD here.
Henry Fogel's review in Fanfare Magazine
Review from Kathodik webzine.

That Star in the Picture was selected on textura’s 2023 Top 20 Classical (Vocal) recordings list!

Curtis Centenary Commission

James Adler has been commissioned by the Curtis Institute of Music to compose a work as part of the Curtis Centenary Commissioning Initiative “100 x 100.” The work will be part of the Curtis’ 100th anniversary celebrations in 2024.

Mr. Adler composed and recorded A Curtis Reflection in 2023, marking the 50th anniversary of James Adler’s graduation from the Curtis Institute of Music.

AdlerOaks Joins MPA

In December 2023, AdlerOaks Music was invited to join the Music Publishers Association of the United States.

James Adler Audience Favorite Award

At their Gala Performances at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Sound Espressivo presents the "James Adler Audience Favorite Award" to honor the performance that the audience itself chooses as its favorite.

Here's an interview with James Adler about the competition and about last year's winners, along with information about the competition for 2023-2024.

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