Adam Pinto
Adam Pinto brings fierce rhythmic precision and a taste for extended sonority to contemporary piano music, from ring-modulated modernism to cross-genre chamber works shaped in Western Australia.
He is the pianist who puts Roger Smalley’s keyboard and live-electronics scores back into the air: Monody with its bell-like sonorities and funky riffs, the reconstructed Transformation glistening with overtones, and the spare Morceau de concours. On the Stuart & Sons piano he gives the first recording of Smalley’s Three Studies in Black and White and joins newly written solos that treat the instrument as a true collaborator. With Paul Tanner and Matt Styles he also drives Home by Eleven, Perth-made pieces that fold classical, Latin, African and jazz languages into one hard-edged chamber sound. The playing is meticulous, physical and hungry for colour.
Adam Pinto is featured on the following titles
In Memoriam
Roger Smalley AM (1943–2015) shaped contemporary composition in Australia. This project grew from his dual gift as a virtuoso pianist and as a composer of visceral solo piano music.
Performing as Mix't Trio
Home by Eleven
Mix't Trio’s debut gathers all-Australian cross-genre chamber works that braid classical, Latin, African and jazz colours, with Paul Tanner on percussion, Adam Pinto on piano and Matt Styles on saxophones.
Adam Pinto also appears on
Transformation: Music for Percussion, Piano and Electronics
Roger Smalley was one of Australia’s most respected composers. He eschewed popular styles and left an oeuvre that is both thrilling and challenging, always at the highest musical level.
