Adam Clark has been heard as a soloist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist throughout the United States, as well as in Australia, Belgium, Italy, Latvia, Sweden, and South Korea. His performances have been broadcast on WPLN in Nashville, WMUK in Michigan, and MBC National Television in Korea. Of his playing, New York Concert Review Magazine wrote, “Clark brought out much beauty in Chopin’s soulfully embroidered melodies. He played with thoughtful expressiveness” and “achieved an excellent blend [with the orchestra].”  

Clark received his B.M. in Piano Performance from the University of California, Santa Barbara where he studied with Charles Asche. He completed his M.M. at the University of Texas, Austin and D.M.A. at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) where his principal teachers were Nancy Garrett and Eugene and Elisabeth Pridonoff. 

Notable competition honors include prizes in the Paderewski International Piano Competition, the American Protégé International Piano Competition, the Ibla Competition, and the CCM Concerto Competition. He has performed more than twenty concertos with orchestras including the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Holland Symphony Orchestra, and San Luis Obispo Symphony. Notable venues in which he has performed include Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (New York), the Sejong Arts Center (Korea), the Aronoff Center (Cincinnati), the Royal College of Music (Sweden), the Latvian Academy of Music, and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. 

His solo performances have been lauded for their intellect and artistry. Recital programs have included some of the most challenging works in the repertoire, including Stravinsky's Three Movements from Petruschka, the complete Op. 39 Etudes-Tableaux by Rachmaninoff, the complete Op. 25 Etudes by Chopin, and the Liszt Sonata. He recently premiered Sahun Hong’s chamber transcriptions of Chopin's Krakowiak and Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto, which he also commissioned. Upcoming programs will include Bach's Goldberg Variations and Prokofiev’s 8th Sonata.

As a chamber musician, Clark has worked with members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony, Lexington Philharmonic, Austin Symphony, and the Weimar Staatskapelle. He has been featured on the acclaimed Grand Rapids Art Museum recital series, the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck, and is a member of MTSU’s Stones River Chamber players. He has also performed, recorded, and premiered works with the noted brass ensemble, SymbiosisDuo.  

Clark maintains an active schedule as an adjudicator, presenter, and masterclass teacher throughout the United States and abroad. His students have received prizes in state and national competitions, worked in masterclasses with renowned artists, performed major works with orchestra, and have been admitted to outstanding undergraduate and graduate programs in music across the country. He has lectured nationally and abroad on diverse topics including technical development, 20th-century pedagogical repertoire, Bach transcriptions, and the music of Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and others. He has been published in American Music Teacher Magazine, the College Music Society’s Symposium, and Piano Pedagogy Forum.  

Clark is Professor of Piano at Middle Tennessee State University. Prior to joining the faculty at MTSU, he held teaching positions at Hope College, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and the University of Texas at Austin.

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