Adam Tendler has been called a “daring pianist” with “adventurousness and muscular skill” (The New York Times), “the hottest pianist on the American contemporary classical scene” (Minneapolis Star Tribune), “relentlessly adventurous” (Washington Post), a “remarkable and insightful musician” (LA Times), an “intrepid… maverick pianist” (The New Yorker). and “one of contemporary classical music’s most intentional and daring pianists” (Seven Days). At age 23, Tendler performed solo recitals in all fifty states, going on to receive Lincoln Center’s Emerging Artist Award, the Yvar Mikhashoff Prize, and appearing as soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra, LA Phil, Sydney Symphony, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, NJ Symphony, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and on the main-stages of Carnegie Hall, the Barbican Centre, Sydney Opera House, BAM, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and other leading series and stages worldwide. His appearance on Wild Up’s Julius Eastman anthology earned a GRAMMY® nomination, and his recent project, Inheritances, was a New York Times Critic Pick, who wrote of the album, “You will be moved, profoundly and intensely.” Tendler’s 2024 immersive installation, Exit Strategy, as Green-wood Cemetery’s artist in residence, received national attention and engaged hundreds of contributing community members. He is the author of two books, a Yamaha Artist, and serves on the piano faculty at NYU.
