Adam Kornas was grateful to have been funded by PRS for Music Foundation in 2015 for the composition of his ballet Hansel and Gretel.
Adam began his composition studies with Dr Gavin Wayte at Chetham's School of Music and continued his studies with Dr Jonathan Cole at the Royal College of Music, London. In July 2014, Adam graduated with a first class honours degree. In 2012, Adam was awarded the Lord Mayor’s Composition Prize for his string quintet, ‘Paradise Regained.’ The award is supported by the Worshipful Company of Musicians of which Adam is a Yeoman member. Their continued support has lead to subsequent performances of this work in London and in the Salzburg Chamber Music Festival, as well as a performance in Vienna. The work has recently been arranged for string orchestra and will receive it's latest performance in March at Vale Royal Abbey by the Vale Royal String Orchestra. In 2014, Adam became involved in a collaboration with KSDance. This collaboration with the prestigious Warrington based dance school has resulted in the creation of 2 new ballets. The first of these was titled, ‘The King and Mrs Simpson.’ This ballet tells the passionate story of King Edward VIII and his controversial abdication of the throne to marry the politically and socially unsuitable Wallis Simpson. The ballet was premiered on April 11th, 2014, at The Brindley Theatre to critical acclaim. Adam's second commission from KSDance was to write the score for a new production of Hansel and Gretel. This was premiered on their AllegroDance tour in February 2016. From 2014 to 2016 Adam studied for a Masters in Orchestral Conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music. He graduated with distinction and the Robert Newwitt Conducting Prize. Since then he has combined conducting standard repertoire along with conducting premieres of his own works. Recent orchestral works include "Shangaan," commissioned by Catherine Perkins and premiered by the Liverpool Mozart Orchestra; and "Celestial City," premiere in June 2018 by the Chester Philharmonic Orchestra. Since then he has written a violin concerto and a growing number of pieces that have gone into music libraries used by BBC and Channel 4. Adam is grateful to have had his works performed or workshopped by ensembles such as the Manchester Camerata, London Contemporary Chamber Orchestra, Chester Philharmonic, Liverpool Mozart Orchestra, Vale Royal String Orchestra, the Pacific Trio, and the Archos String Quartet; at prestigious venues including St Martin in the Fields, Rambert, the National Portrait Gallery, and the Salzburg Mozarteum. |