About

Adam Millstein is a violinist who is developing a multifaceted career as a performer, lecturer, and music curator. He is currently pursuing his Artist Diploma at the Colburn School in Los Angeles under the renowned pedagogue, Robert Lipsett. He holds his Masters Degree from Colburn and his Bachelor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Danielle Belen. 

Millstein is the Program Manager of the Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices at the Colburn School. The purpose of this initiative is to promote and perform music by composers whose lives and works were suppressed as a result of Nazi policies from 1933-1945. Adam spearheaded the Initiative’s Schulhoff and More! Project: a unique online series focused on the life and music of Recovered Voices composer Erwin Schulhoff. He curated, performed, and organized filmed recordings of Schulhoff’s music. The critically acclaimed album Shapeshifter: Music of Erwin Schulhoff on the Delos Label was made from these recordings. 

Millstein has had the great honor to work extensively with internationally renowned conductor Maestro James Conlon, Music Director of the LA Opera and the Artistic Director of Recovered Voices. Adam curated, performed, and produced a filmed online concert for the Library of Congress that featured musicians from the Colburn School and Recovered Voices composers. This concert included music by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mieczysław Weinberg, Franz Schreker, and a world premier by Herbert Zipper. Adam has collaborated with pianist Dominic Cheli and cellist Clive Greensmith in performances and a recording of Mieczysław Weinberg’s Piano Trio.

Millstein is a passionate advocate for educating performers and audiences about Recovered Voices. He has performed lecture recitals across the United States and abroad, notably at the Illinois Holocaust Museum, Colburn School, and Accademia Musicale Chigiana. He has been invited to guest lecture at Arizona State University on the subject of Herbert Zipper, a Holocaust survivor, conductor, composer, and ideological forefather of the Colburn School, whose archive Millstein has used as a source of inspiration, curation, and educational programming. 

As an orchestral musician, Millstein has already played with some of the country’s greatest orchestras. He acted as guest associate concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony and guest assistant concertmaster of the Louisville Orchestra. He has played as a substitute in the Los Angeles Opera and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. He has acted as concertmaster of the Sequoia Symphony and Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra where he received an Orchestral Leadership Fellowship for two summers. 

Adam has also collaborated extensively with violinist Sarah Chang on tours of the United States and China as a member of an elite string quintet accompanying Ms. Chang. 

As soloist, Millstein has appeared with the Sequoia Symphony with Maestro Bruce Kiesling and on two tours of Bulgaria with Maestro Maxim Eshkenazy. 

Adam has participated in the Mainly Mozart Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Nevada Chamber Music Festival, and performed at the La Jolla Music Series.