Michael Adcock, Piano 

A Keyboard Potpourri:

Short & Excerpted Piano Masterworks

Saturday, Dec. 4

8:00 PM

Washington Conservatory of Music
One Westmoreland Circle
Bethesda, MD 20816

Hailed for his prodigious technique, and praised by the Washington Post for an "unusually fresh and arresting approach to the piano," pianist Michael Adcock has cultivated a versatile career as soloist, chamber musician, and pre-concert lecturer.  Recipient of the 1998 Lili Boulanger Memorial Award, Mr. Adcock was also a prizewinner in the 1996 Washington International Competition and the Kosciusko Foundation Chopin Competitions in Chicago and New York.   He made his Carnegie Recital Hall debut in December of 1998.  In addition to performances throughout the United States, Mr. Adcock has concertized in France, Italy, and Australia, and has appeared as soloist with orchestras including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

A native of Virginia, Michael Adcock attended North Carolina School of the Arts, where he received the Irwin Freundlich Memorial Piano Award.  Mr. Adcock earned his Bachelor's degree from the Oberlin College-Conservatory, where he was inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda, the national collegiate music honor society.   At Oberlin, he was twice awarded the Kaufmann Prize in chamber music and received the Hurlbutt Award as most outstanding graduating senior in the conservatory.   Mr. Adcock earned his Master's degree, Artist Diploma, and Doctorate from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, where he studied with Leon Fleisher and Ellen Mack.  At Peabody, Mr. Adcock was a prizewinner in the Yale Gordon and Harrison Winter Concerto Competitions, in addition to being an adjunct member of the theory and chamber music faculties.