GUESTS CLARINETIST
Mariam Adam Shichao Zhang, collaborative piano
Friday, October 9, 2026 5:30 pm Recital Hall
14TH PERFORMANCE OF 2026–27 ACADEMIC YEAR
OC TOBER 9, 2026, 7:30 PM Arlequin (1958)
Première Rhapsody (1909–10)
Louis Cahuzac (1980–1960)
3ʹ
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
9ʹ
Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
6ʹ
Paquito D'Rivera (b. 1948)
5ʹ
Shichao Zhang, piano
Sonata for Solo Clarinet (1959) Allegro Tranquillo Andantino espressivo Allegro brioso
Lecuonerías (2009)
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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY Clarinetist Mariam Adam '98 is a Pacific alumna, an internationally known chamber musician, soloist, music advocate, and educator originally from Monterey, California. A founding and former member of the Grammy Award-winning woodwind quintet, Imani Winds, Adam maintained an active international touring schedule for almost two decades with performances at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Beijing Arts Center, and Hollywood Bowl among hundreds others. She has received numerous awards/noted recordings including “Best of iTunes 2016.” Since moving to France in 2016, Adam has performed throughout Europe with Eric le Sage, Francois Salque, and at festivals such as Folle Journee, Colmar Festival, Radio France Festival as featured artist and more. She has soloed with Singapore Symphony, Appassionata Ensemble, Orchestra de Pau, and toured with Quatuor Zaide, Jerusalem Trio as well as with legendary satirist Gaspard Proust. Her last solo album with TransAtlantic Ensemble, Havana Moon, was on Sirius XM’s Best of Symphony Hall list. Grammophone said, "Coolly virtuoso performances lit by flashes of passion." Also since 2016, Adam has been visiting principal clarinetist for London-based Chineke! Orchestra, their chamber ensemble and on several recordings. She was featured in their Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's documentary, In Tune, and the BBC Proms. Adam has over a dozen recordings that can be heard on E1 Classics, Steinway label, Warner Classics, Signum, and Orchid, with her profile featured on NPR’s Performance Today. She has had works written for her by Valerie Coleman, Scott McAllister, Fred O and John Wineglass with regular invitations to ClarFest, BUTI Tanglewood, YOLA, Alarm Will Sound, and solo appearances. Adam is a Vandoren and Paris Selmer Artist, visiting professor at the Cleveland Institute of Music and professor of clarinet at the Blair School of Music of Vanderbilt. She frequently travels between Nashville and Paris.
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