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ADAM ZOLTY first studied Composition and Piano under his teacher and mentor Iman Habibi for over six years. He is now currently finishing his final year of composition in the Bachelor of Music program at the University of British Columbia, where he studied composition under Dorothy Chang, Stephen Chatman, Keith Hamel, and Jocelyn Morlock. Adam has received many performances of his work by esteemed Canadian ensembles and performers including NU:BC ensemble, Turning Point Ensemble, Phoenix Chamber Choir, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Bergmann Duo, UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and Heidi Krutzen.

​Adam composed a four hand piano piece called Chase played by the Bergmann Duo, which won him first prize at the Langley Pulse Summer Festival Composers Competition in 2013. He won again in 2014 for his three movement Piano Trio called The City. In 2016, Adam composed a Quartet called Innuendos, which was premiered in Victoria B.C at the vsNEW festival. The next year, Adam's wind ensemble piece Toccata was performed by the UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble.

​In 2018 Adam had three world premieres: a duet called Toys for piano and violin, performed by players of the UBC Contemporary Players ensemble; his first piano etude Drumkit, performed by Markus Masaites, a student of Corey Hamm; and a three movement piece for NU:BC Ensemble called Three Expressions for Piano Septet, performed as part of Vancouver ProMusica's Sonic Boom Festival.

​This year, Adam was accepted into a yearlong apprenticeship with the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music in Boonville, California to take part in their Bahlest Eeble Readings program. Adam’s music strives to create musical experiences that are true to the quirks of human nature as well as the natural world.

CURRENT AND UPCOMING PROJECTS

​Trio no. 2 "Pastoral" for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano
Duo for Cello and Percussion, written for the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music
Metamorphosis on Simple Gifts, solo piano

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