His music is strongly expressive and full of sonic variety and imaginative instrumental blends.
American Record Guide
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Samuel Adler has had a rewarding career working with many of the most important musicians of the last century.
Brian Reinhart, classical music writer, D Magazine
Samuel Adler is one of the two or three most impressive men I have ever met.
Robert Freeman,
Emeritus Regents Professor of Fine Arts
The University of Texas at Austin
Throughout his work Samuel Adler shows himself a composer unafraid to engage with the deepest spiritual questions.
Michael De Sapio
Assistant Editor of Fanfare,
Senior Contributor at The Imaginative Conservative
Samuel Adler, Composer
From the days of his dramatic escape from Nazi Germany to his adolescence in Worcester, Massachusetts and his student days at Boston University and Harvard; from his founding of the Seventh U.S. Army Symphony Orchestra to his days as a faculty member at North Texas, Eastman, and Juilliard, Sam has led a life filled with adventure and accomplishment. All in the service of music.