Along with Eric Beach, Josh Quillen and Jason Treuting, percussionist Adam Sliwinski forms So Percussion.

Adam Sliwinski has been a member of the internationally renowned ensemble So Percussion since 2002. During his time in So, he has had the opportunity to collaborate with some of today's most exciting composers and performers, including Steve Reich, David Lang, Paul Lansky, Steve Mackey, Matmos, the Kronos Quaret, Kneebody, and many others. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Stanford Lively Arts, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and hundreds of other venues.



Adam Sliwinski has taught percussion both in masterclass and privately at more than 80 conservatories and universities in the USA and internationally. Along with the other three members of So Percussion, he serves as faculty at the annual So Percussion Summer Institute, which draws college-age percussion students from around the country.



Adam Sliwinski has performed extensively as a soloist, both as percussionist and marimbist. In 2000, he was the alternate winner of the Sorantin Young Artist competition in San Angelo, Texas. His marimba playing has been described as “beautifully delineated” by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and “expertly parsed” by the Boston Globe. Adam also performs as a percussionist and conductor with the International Contemporary Ensemble, a group based in Chicago and New York.



Adam Sliwinski received his Bachelors in Music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music studying with Michael Rosen. He received his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts at the Yale School of Music with Robert Van Sice, where his Thesis engaged the percussion music of Iannis Xenakis. Other teachers have included Jack Bell and Peggy Benkesar.