A versatile and eclectic musician, Adam studied at the University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College of Music before completing his doctorate as a Fulbright Scholar in the U.S.A. His principal teachers were Ursula Oppens, John Gough and John Casken.

Through regular concert appearances, commissions for new pieces, pioneering research and educational work, he continues to create and present new and challenging music for all kinds of people.

Adam Swayne teaches piano at the Junior Royal Academy of Music and is Senior Lecturer in Music and Music Theatre at the University of Chichester.

Live the from CoMA International Festival of Contemporary Music at the University of Bangor, Adam performs ‘Count Me In’, a theatrical work for piano and electronics composed for him by Dr Kevin Malone of the University of Manchester in 2005. Video by Chris Adams.