Awards & Winners

John Adams

Date of Birth 15-February-1947
Place of Birth Worcester
(Massachusetts, United States of America, Area code 774, Area code 508, Area codes 508 and 774)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as John C. Adams, John Coolidge Adams
Profession Composer, Conductor
John Coolidge Adams is an American composer with strong roots in minimalism. His best-known works include Short Ride in a Fast Machine, On the Transmigration of Souls, a choral piece commemorating the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, and Shaker Loops, a minimalist four-movement work for strings. His well-known operas include Nixon in China, which recounts Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China, and Doctor Atomic, which covers Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project, and the building of the first atomic bomb.

Awards by John Adams

Check all the awards nominated and won by John Adams.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Music The Gospel According to the Other Mary

2004


Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Honored for : On the Transmigration of Souls
(Engineer/Mixer, Producers, Composer)
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance
Honored for : On the Transmigration of Souls
(Producers, Conductor)
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
Honored for : On the Transmigration of Souls
(Conductor, Producers)

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album On the Transmigration of Souls
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance On the Transmigration of Souls
Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition On the Transmigration of Souls
Grammy Award for Best Music Film The Death of Klinghoffer

2003


Pulitzer Prize for Music
Honored for : On the Transmigration of Souls

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Music On the Transmigration of Souls

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Music Century Rolls

1997


Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Honored for : Adams: El Dorado

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition Adams: El Dorado

1988


Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Honored for : Nixon in China
(Composer)

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition Nixon in China