| Adam Abeshouse | |
| Birth Date: | 5 June 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Westbury, New York, US |
| Death Place: | South Salem, New York, US |
| Instrument: | Violin |
| Genre: | Classical |
Adam Abeshouse (June 5, 1961 – October 10, 2024) was an American recording engineer, music producer, and classical violinist trained at the Manhattan School of Music. He won three Grammy Awards and was nominated twice more. He was also nominated for two Latin Grammy Awards. Abeshouse also founded the Classical Recording Foundation in 2002.[1]
Abeshouse was born to a Jewish family in Westbury, New York, on June 5, 1961.[2] [3] His grandfather was a balalaika player in Russia.[2] He attended The Wheatley School before going on to New York University and the Manhattan School of Music.[2] [4] In 1986, Abeshouse married Maria Janetti, and they had two children.[2]
Abeshouse was a professional violinist in the 1980s before becoming a producer in the following decade.[2] He won three Grammy Awards, in 2000, 2008, and 2023.[2]
In the spring of 2024, Abeshouse was diagnosed with metastatic bile duct cancer, and by August 2024, his condition was terminal. On September 27, several of the musicians whose recordings he had produced came to his studio at his home in South Salem, New York, to perform a "farewell concert" for him.[2] [5] He died at home less than two weeks later, on October 10, at the age of 63.[4] He was buried at Mount Eden Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.[3]
| 2000 | Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical | [6] [7] | ||||
| 2004 | Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical | [8] | ||||
| 2008 | Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3 | Garrick Ohlsson | Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) | |||
| 2017 | Horacio Gutiérrez Plays Chopin & Schumann | Horacio Gutiérrez | Latin Grammy Award for Best Classical Album | [9] | ||
| 2022 | Villa-Lobos: Complete Violin Sonatas | Emmanuele Baldini, Pablo Rossi, and Heitor Villa-Lobos | Latin Grammy Award for Best Classical Album | [10] | ||
| 2023 | Letters for the Future | Time for Three | Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo | [11] |