Adam Liebert Assistant Principal - Violin 1

A native of Grand Rapids, Adam Liebert began his musical interests early, but it wasn’t until he heard and witnessed a performance of Pictures at an Exhibition at a concert for 5th graders that he found his true calling and chose the violin. After only two years of playing, he won a spot in the Blue Lake International Youth Symphony, which toured Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, and pre-reunification West Germany.

Adam studied at Western Michigan University and was a member of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra during that time. Upon graduation, a strong desire to return to Europe brought him to Karlsruhe, Germany, where he continued his studies at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik. He was on hand for several CD productions with the Heidelberger Symphoniker; toured Italy, Hungary, Russia, Japan and China with the Philharmonie der Nationen; and taught English at Berlitz.

Adam has participated in music festivals in Brazil (Itu and Londrina), Ohio (ENCORE), Florida (Disney EPCOT), Maryland, Northern Michigan (Pine Mountain), and Arkansas (Faulkner Chamber Music Festival). He has performed at the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck for the last four seasons, at the White Lake Chamber Music Festival and at venues such as the GRAM’s Sunday Classical Series. He has been a member of the Grand Rapids Symphony since 2001 and Assistant Principal First Violin of West Michigan Symphony since 2011. His major teachers include Renata Knific (Western Michigan University), Paul Kantor, Shmuel Ashkenasi (leader of the Vermeer Quartet), and most recently Blair Milton (Chicago Symphony Orchestra).

In his spare time, Adam enjoys cycling in long distance events and watching TV shows with long overarching storylines.

Sponsored by Dr Alan Steinman