Adrian Slywotzky is a prizewinner of the Atlantic Coast International Conducting Competition (Portugal, 2016) and the Audite International Conducting Competition (Poland, 2017). He was the founding conductor of the Yale Medical Symphony Orchestra, and from 2007 to 2010 music director of the New Haven Chamber Orchestra.

Adrian is a passionate advocate of contemporary music. As a conductor of Yale’s New Music New Haven concert series and as the director of the University of Michigan’s Contemporary Directions Ensemble, he has led countless performances of contemporary orchestra works. He directed the premiere of Hugo Kauder’s magnum opus, the opera Merlin.

A sought-after educator, Adrian serves as Director of Orchestras at the Crane School of Music, and previously was Associate Director of Orchestras at the University of Michigan. He has served as Associate Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, as teaching fellow for the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, and on the faculty of the Conductors Retreat at Medomak. He was conductor of the Greater New Haven Youth Orchestra for 2008-2010, and was invited to direct the Rhode Island All-State Orchestra in 2013. For five years Adrian was Director of Instrumental Music at Hopkins School in New Haven, CT, and he has taught at Neighborhood Music School, Elm City ChamberFest, and the Southern Maine String Camp.

Adrian holds degrees in orchestral conducting from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Kenneth Kiesler, and the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Shinik Hahm. As a violinist Adrian has participated in festivals including Tanglewood Music Center, California Summer Music, and the Norfolk Contemporary Music Festival.  He holds a BA in architecture from Yale College, where he studied violin with Kyung Yu, and an MM in violin performance from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Wendy Sharp.