Adam Szabo

Adam Szabo is the Chief Executive of Manchester Collective, a touring string ensemble founded in 2016. Since their first set of “powerful, moving, & extraordinary” shows in 2017 (Yorkshire Post), the work of the Collective has expanded at breakneck speed. They now play in concert halls, warehouses, and factory spaces in 18 cities across Europe and the UK, performing a combination of cutting edge new music, classical masterpieces, and staged theatrical work to a hungry, new audience.
 
Recent performing highlights include a set of acclaimed post-COVID “Isolation Broadcasts”; international concert debuts in Holland, Switzerland, and Northern Ireland; appearances at the Southbank Centre in London to perform The Centre is Everywhere, a major new commission by Edmund Finnis; and a critically acclaimed tour of Pierrot Lunaire, a staged production of Arnold Schoenberg’s masterpiece featuring a newly commissioned English libretto by David Pountney, and presented by BBC 6 Music’s Elizabeth Alker. 
 
Prior to his work with the Collective, Adam enjoyed a busy and varied career as an orchestral cellist, performing at the highest level. In this capacity, he worked as Guest Principal with many of the finest orchestras in the UK, including the Welsh National Opera, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and Orchestra of Opera North.