Chappaqua, New York
Adam Birnbaum is emerging as one of the top young voices in jazz piano. Since arriving on the
New York scene in 2003, he has become increasingly prominent performing in clubs and
festivals around the world. A diverse performer, Adam is a member of The Al Foster Quartet,
the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society as well as frequently
performing with the likes of Cecile McLorin Salvant, Regina Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Terell
Stafford and many others.
Adam’s early education took place in Boston. In 2001 Adam became a member of the inaugural
class of Jazz Studies at the Juilliard School. After graduating in 2003, Adam won the American
Jazz Piano Competition in May 2004 to become the American Pianists Association's Cole Porter
fellow in Jazz. Since then Adam has established a busy performing career as a sideman and as a
leader. “Three Of A Mind,” (Daedalus Records, 2013) received four stars and an Editor’s Pick in
Downbeat magazine and was hailed as “an eloquent dispatch from the heart of the
contemporary piano trio tradition” by the New York Times. "Preludes," Adam's most recent
release inspired by the music of J.S. Bach has begun to receive great critical acclaim as a
ground-breaking fusion of classical and jazz music.
Adam is an Assistant Professor of Jazz at SUNY Purchase and a Steinway Artist.
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Thursday, January 8, 2026
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Friday, January 9, 2026
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