In 2009, at the age of 21, Adam Walker was appointed principal flute of the London Symphony Orchestra and received the Outstanding Young Artist Award at the MIDEM Classique Awards in Cannes.  In 2010 he won a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship and was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Outstanding Young Artist Award. In 2011 Adam Walker gave the world premiere of Brett Dean’s Concerto The Siduri Dances with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and took part in the Brett Dean Day at Wigmore Hall.  As a soloist he has appeared with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra at the Konzerthaus, the Solistes Européens at the Philharmonie in Luxembourg, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields at the Barbican, Hallé Orchestra at Bridgewater Hall, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Cadogan Hall, with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Northern Sinfonia. Recent concert appearances include LSO St Lukes (broadcast by BBC Radio 3), City of London Festival, Varese (Italy) and Festspiele Mecklenburg Vorpommern (Germany).  During the 2011/12 season Adam returns to Wigmore Hall, collaborating with the Heath Quartet, Bernarda Fink and pianist James Baillieu and records his first CD for Sonimage. He returns to appear as guest principal with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Born in 1987, Adam Walker studied at Chethams School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music with Michael Cox graduating with distinction in 2009. In 2004 he was a Concerto Finalist in the BBC Young Musicians Competition and in 2007 was selected for representation by Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT).

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• Support for a recital disc for Sonimage
• Co-commissioning flute concerto with London Symphony Orchestra

General Management

Alasdair Tait at YCAT
telephone: +44 20 7379 8477
info@ycat.co.uk
www.ycat.co.uk

Sue Hudson at YCAT
telephone: +44 20 7379 8477
info@ycat.co.uk
www.ycat.co.uk