Biography
John Coolidge Adams is an American composer and conductor. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, he studied at Harvard University and later taught at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He is noted for operas on historical subjects, including Nixon in China (1987) and Doctor Atomic (2005), as well as orchestral and chamber works such as Harmonielehre (1985) and On the Transmigration of Souls (2002).
Adams’s music has been featured in several films directed by Luca Guadagnino, including I Am Love (2010) and Call Me by Your Name (2017), where pieces such as Hallelujah Junction appear on the soundtrack. He has received the Pulitzer Prize for Music, the Grawemeyer Award, and other honours.
