Adam Johnson

Multi prize-winning pianist, Adam Johnson, was a scholar and Junior Fellow at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester (RNCM). He has performed under the batons of Kent Nagano, Martyn Brabbins and George Hurst, and made his concerto debut aged 15 playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 15 in Pavlovsk Palace, St Petersburg, conducting from the piano.

Unique among the outstanding artists of his generation, Johnson is as equally at home conducting opera as he is fulfilling the role of soloist in concerto repertoire, playing chamber music, or directing his own large-scale compositions. He has given recitals in Istanbul, New York, Northern Spain, Norway, and Rio de Janeiro, as well as undertaking a demanding schedule in the UK.

In 2008, he completed a master’s degree in conducting at the RNCM under the direction of Sir Mark Elder, and was awarded the Ricordi Operatic Conducting Prize in 2007. Johnson is currently the artistic director and principal conductor of the Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra. In 2011, he was elected a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Musicians, and more recently was rewarded as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Musicians. Adam Johnson made his Wigmore Hall debut in October 2017.

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