Adrian King, piano

Meet Adrian

Adrian appeared on Show 406, releasing week of November 15, 2021.

Adrian King (piano), 18, hails from from Silverdale, Washington and is a first year student at the Eastman School of Music. He is a student of Professor Douglas Humpherys. Before he attended the Eastman School of Music, he studied with Dr. Peter Mack in Seattle for eight years. Adrian has been a prize winner at many international competitions in both piano solo, concerto, and duet categories. He was the winner of the 2019 Seattle International Piano Competition. Adrian received 1st prize at the 2018 Aloha International Piano Competition. He was a National YoungArts winner in 2019, 2020, and 2021. He received a 1st prize in the 2021 Steinway/Avanti Future Stars Piano Competition and the 2019 Vienna International Music Competition. He was a prize winner in the 2021 Canada International Piano Competition. He was a finalist in the 2019 Kaufman International Youth Piano Competition in New York City. Adrian and his sister, Mya, received 2nd place in the 2016-17 National MTNA Competition in Baltimore, Senior Duet Division. Adrian won the concerto competition at the 2017 Northern Lights Music Festival in Minnesota and performed Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto with the NLMF orchestra under conductor, Gavriel Heine. He has also performed concerti with orchestras in both Washington and Hawaii.