Matthew Adams
Instrument: Violin
Studies: University of Michigan, MA
Biography:
Matthew Adams began his violin studies at the age of five, in Cincinnati OH. In Cincinnati, Matthew studied with Jacquie Fennell and later with CSO Principal 2nd Gabriel Pegis. Matthew studied at the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance with Professor Aaron Berofsky. He finished his undergraduate studies in 2022, graduating with High Honors. In 2024, Matthew completed his MM in Violin performance at SMTD, also under Professor Berfosky.
Matthew has been a prizewinner in several competitions. He was the winner of the 2017 Blue-Ash Montgomery Symphony Orchestra’s concerto competition, performing as soloist with the orchestra. He also performed as a soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra as the second of two prizewinners that year in their concerto competition. In 2016, Matthew was a semifinalist in the Sphinx Competition and in 2017 he made his solo debut with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in one of their Young People’s concerts.
Matthew has attended summer festivals at Aspen, Chautauqua and Bowdoin. In the summer of 2023, Matthew was selected as one of four string players to participate in the Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra’s Project Inclusion Fellowship. As part of this, he performed 7 concerts with the Grant Park Symphony, and several quartet concerts around the Chicago area with the Fellow Quartet. He has participated in masterclasses with Augustin Hadelich, Tai Murray, Robert Chen, Bing Wang, Kurt Sassmanshaus, Ilya Kaler, Almita Vamos, and others.
Matthew is a tenure section violinist with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra.
Matthew’s instrument was provided by a scholarship grant from the Virtu Foundation.
