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Adam Swanson
Adam Swanson, from the small town of Shenandoah, Iowa, is rapidly becoming known as one of the world’s foremost performers and historians of ragtime and early American popular music. He discovered ragtime on his grandparents’ “Web-TV” and has played the piano about eight years. Adam has studied piano with Waleed Howrani of Ann Arbor, Michigan, a graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory. Although he is only eighteen years old, he has been a featured performer at ragtime and jazz festivals across the United States. In 2007 Adam appeared alongside John Arpin at the Bohem Ragtime and Jazz Festival in the Republic of Hungary. He is the youngest winner of the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest held in Peoria, Illinois, having won the contest in 2008 and 2009. Recently, Adam recorded a duet album with the great Johnny Maddox. They perform together in the Diamond Belle Saloon at the Strater Hotel in Durango, Colorado. Adam is also an avid rail-fan, collects antique sheet music, records, and piano rolls. His CDs are available at cdbaby.com.
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