Henrie Adams

Henrie Adams (17 May 1954 – 26 November 2022) was a Dutch conductor.
Biography.
Adams played the oboe from the age of eight. Since 1969 he was a member of the under the conductors Heinz Friesen and Walter Boeykens. After completing his pedagogical academy in Echt, he attended the Maastricht Academy of Music in 1979 and studied oboe and orchestral conducting with Anton Kersjes, Lucas Vis and Pierre Kuijpers. He also had special courses from Pierre Devaux and Enrique García Asensio.
He became conductor of the orchestra Sinfonietta Geleen and orchestra "L'Union", in Heythuysen, the (1987-1989) and the (Royal) orchestra "Eendracht" (Meijel). He was also second conductor of and active as a guest conductor with the Limburgs Symfonie Orkest (LSO) in Maastricht, the Royal Military Band "Johan Willem Friso" in The Hague, the Royal Band of the Belgian Guides in Brussels, the symphony orchestra of the Maastricht Academy of Music, "Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao", "Banda Sinfónica Municipal de Madrid", "Orquesta Sinfónica de Valencia", "Orquesta Sinfónica de Estremadura", "Portland Festival Orchestra" (United States) and orchestra of the Blasorchesterwoche in St. Moritz (Switzerland).
In 1989 he was hired as chief conductor of the "Banda Sinfónica de la Sociedad Musical "La Artística"" in Buñol (Spain), with which he became world champion in the Concert Department at the 14th Wereld Muziek Concours (WMC) in Kerkrade in 2001. Under his direction, this orchestra was several times winner of the first prize in the Sección de Honor (the highest division) at the City of Valencia International Band Contest.
From 1992 to 1999 he was also conductor of "Orquesta Sinfónica Joven de Provincia Valencia".
He has recorded numbers of CDs and DVDs with the "Banda Sinfónica de la Sociedad Musical "La Artística", Buñol".
After being ill for some time, Adams died on 26 November 2022, at the age of 68.