iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Adam Swayne @adamswayne.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thanks to @rncmresearch.bsky.social for supporting my research into Music and Commemoration. As we remember victims, first responders and their families on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, I’m sharing a video of Kevin Malone’s powerful work “Sudden Memorials”. youtu.be/y0XpFdzBkL0?...

youtu.be

Adam Swayne performs Kevin Malone's "Sudden Memorials"

YouTube video by Adam Swayne

012

Reposted by Adam Swayne

Bofan Ma @bofantheone.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Never a dull moment with @comanewmusic.bsky.social Awesome day celebrating Make Music Day 2026 + the new CoMA Immediate Pieces anthology with a lovely cohort yesterday, hosted at @rncmlive.bsky.social & led by the legendary @adamswayne.bsky.social 🥳🍺🎶🔥 Thanks all & look forward to next time 🧡🎹🎼

036

Reposted by Adam Swayne

RNCM Research @rncmresearch.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A long‑lost 19th-century piano concerto by Beethoven’s pupil Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) - re-discovered, edited, and premiered by Dr Adam Swayne (@adamswayne.bsky.social) - has recently been published for the first time in history by A-R Editions 🎶🎹 🎵 Full story: 🔗 www.rncm.ac.uk/news/long-lo...

Front cover of the publication:

Ferdinant Ries

Grand Concert Pour le Pianoforte

First version of Piano Concerto No.6 in C Major, Op.123

Edited by Adam Swayne

Flyer of the new publication, with the following additional information :

This edition presents the first version of Ferdinand Ries's earliest piano concerto, the Grand concert pour le pianoforte (1806), which has gone untouched for over two centuries. Composed upon Ries's return to Bonn after his time as Beethoven's piano pupil, secretary, and copyist, this ambitious and expansive concerto shows the undeniable influence of his former teacher. Following extensive revision, the concerto was eventually published as the Piano Concerto No. 6 in C Major, op. 123, but Ries's preservation of his original autograph supports the idea that he regarded the first iteration of the concerto as not just an early draft but an important score in its own right. This edition not only facilitates comparison with the work's later version, which illuminates stylistic shifts within the piano concerto genre in the context of a single work, but also explores Ries's earliest foray into one of the most significant areas of his compositional output.

Dr. Adam Swayne is Deputy Head of Keyboard Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, UK. He has undertaken research into Ferdinand Ries as a Fulbright Scholar at Northwestern University. Alongside nineteenth-century concertos, contemporary music has been the primary focus of his performing career, following the example of his teacher at Northwestern, Professor Ursula Oppens. He cofounded the London-based Riot Ensemble, which won the inaugural Ernst von Siemens Ensemble Prize in 2020. He has recorded two solo albums with Coviello Classics that address societal issues in the United States. He was the only artist to be nominated in two categories at the 2019 Opus Klassik awards in Germany. The BBC have recommended his performances in print, broadcast, and online. The Times described him as "a pianist of formidable technique and high intelligence," and the Evening Standard as "an ideal blend of panache and subtlety."

064

Adam Swayne @adamswayne.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Playing Kevin Malone’s monumental and moving “Sudden Memorials” on Thursday as part of a fascinating conference at the Martin Harris Centre 💚 www.spontaneousmemorials.org

spontaneousmemorials.org

Network of Spontaneous Memorials – Creating, documenting and using archives of spontaneous memorials

000

Adam Swayne @adamswayne.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Proud to have visited Oakfield Court in Urmston again with three super finalists. We played an hour of music for an enthusiastic crowd 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇭🇺 🎹 Great performance practice for our students, and much appreciated by the audience.

000

Adam Swayne @adamswayne.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

🕷️🕸️ *one week to go* 🕸️🕷️ Riot’s next programme includes my piece for clarinet and piano, which is 18 years old this year but still very, VERY immature 😅 Book your ticket here - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lets-talk-... Grateful to Ausiàs for taking the piece on, and to All Roads Meet for the artwork!

010

Adam Swayne @adamswayne.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

African Pianism lecture recital with @rebecaomordia.bsky.social this morning @rncmlive.bsky.social. What a wealth of discoveries, and such fantastic playing. Don’t miss her research forum tomorrow (Weds) at 4.15pm!

021

Reposted by Adam Swayne

Composers Edition @composersed.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Announcing the world premiere of Colin Riley’s ‘Memory Leaves’! Adam Swayne & his Royal Northern College of Music students will perform the collection of 16 piano pieces at Forsyth’s in Manchester on Friday @adamswayne.bsky.social whatsnew.composersedition.com/riley-piano-...

011

Adam Swayne @adamswayne.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Impressed to see @robertlaidlow.bsky.social on Christmas University Challenge - well done, Rob! Also impressed with Rajan’s quick costume change halfway through … 😅👏🤩

020

Adam Swayne @adamswayne.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Kickass Arnold Bax carol on #CarolsFromKings. A Polish Lullaby. Top notch organ playing too. Magnificent composer!

020

Adam Swayne @adamswayne.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The tonal shift in the second phrase of Prokofiev’s Troika is the best thing he ever wrote.

020

Reposted by Adam Swayne

The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ BBC Radio 3 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot @bbc3musicbot.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #Breakfast Scott Joplin & Adam Swayne: 🎵 Solace #BBCRadio3 #ScottJoplin #AdamSwayne ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify ▶️ Track on #Spotify:

open.spotify.com

Solace

Song · Scott Joplin, Adam Swayne · 2021

011

Reposted by Adam Swayne

BBC Radio 3 Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

BBC Radio 3 Breakfast Now Playing Scott Joplin & Adam Swayne Solace

021