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Adam Smyla
orchestral training
Adam Smyla first received recognition when, at the age of seventeen, he won the first prize in the National Viola Competition in his native Poland. Within six months, he became a member of the Polish National Radio and Television Orchestra, as well as violist with the Penderecki String Quartet. As a member of the quartet, Adam toured throughout the world for nearly a decade, performing numerous concerts a year, with major performances in Europe and the United States. He has participated in the Oregon Bach Festival, the San Antonio Festival, the Peninsula Music Festival in Wisconsin, the Rome Festival, and the Midem-Classique Festival in France. He has made numerous recordings for radio and television broadcasts throughout the world. Tours have included China in 1997 and Portugal in 1999, being featured as soloist with the Orchestra Metropolitana de Lisboa. From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Smyla resided in Chicago, where he held the position of assistant principal violist of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Currently, Adam Smyla is the acting associate principal violist of the San Francisco Symphony, and enjoys performing chamber music with his wife and pianist, Edna Koren.
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