Adam LaMotte

Here are two recent YouTube Videos featuring Portland Baroque Orchestra member Adam LaMotte.

Click here for Summer from the Four Seasons, part 1

Click here for Summer from the Four Seasons, part 2

Adam LaMotte is becoming well known to audiences in the Northwest as a leader of both period and modern ensembles. He has appeared as soloist, concertmaster, and conductor of numerous orchestras throughout the country, including the Northwest Sinfonietta in Seattle, American Virtuosi of New York, Astoria Festival Orchestra, Portland Baroque Orchestra, and the Maggini String Orchestra in Houston. Mr. LaMotte recently returned from studying under Maestro Dumitru Goia in Bucharest, Romania, and continues his study of conducting with Gregory Vajda, Resident Conductor of the Oregon Symphony.

As violinist and violist, Adam has been hailed by critics as an "especially compelling" and "superb violinist" with "exceptional talent," whose performances are "energetic and exquisite." This season he performed as soloist in the Beethoven Violin Concerto, as well as both of Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerti. He has co-founded two critically-acclaimed ensembles, in Portland and in Houston, and continues to produce many chamber music and chamber orchestra performances. In collaboration with ensembles such as American Bach Soloists, Portland Baroque Orchestra, and Trinity Consort, Mr. LaMotte performs on period instruments, using a fine Italian instrument made in 1730 by Bernardo Calcagni, for which he is indebted to his generous patrons who made the purchase possible.

A native of Houston, Adam attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Manhattan School of Music and the Aaron Copland School of Music in New York, and had the opportunity to study with Daniel Phillips, Jorg Schwartz, Kenneth Goldsmith, and Ani Kavafian.