Adrian Snell

Adrian Snell (born 1954 in Northwood, Middlesex, England) is an English pianist, keyboard player, singer and composer.

Biography

Classically trained at the Leeds College of Music and with a music diploma to his name (LGSM), Adrian's musical career spans twenty-five years. During this time he has produced six major concept works and thirteen solo albums. He has performed extensively in the United Kingdom, Israel, the United States, Australia, and throughout Europe, and has had many TV and radio performances world-wide.

June 1995 saw the premier release of Adrian's major, two album concept work 'City of Peace'. The work explores the Jewish roots of the Christian faith, drawing on poems written by Jewish authors spanning from six thousand years ago to the present day. "City of Peace" also comes as a climax to eleven years of searching and discovery that began with a journey into the lives of Jewish men, women, and children caught up in the Nazi Holocaust.

"It is eleven years since I walked through the gates of Bergen Belsen. I shall never forget that day; it changed me in ways I couldn't have imagined. Music is, in the end, the language of my heart, so not surprisingly much of my writing since then expresses the search for answers and meaning in all that the Holocaust and Jewish history opens up in us." - Adrian Snell

Family

His daughter, Carla Jae, has followed in her father's footsteps and is now an accomplished singer/songwriter with 'The Carla Jae Band' also featuring William Rutherford and Blain Weller.

Discography

*"Fireflake" - (1975)
*"Goodbye October" - (1976)
*"Listen to the Peace" - (1978)
*"Something New Under the Sun" - (1979)
*"The Passion" - (1980)
*"Cut" - (1981)
*"The Virgin" - (1981)
*"Adrian Snell Classics" - (1982)
*"Midnight Awake" - (1983)
*"Feed the Hungry Heart" - (1984)
*"The Collection 1975 - 1981" - (1986)
*"Alpha and Omega" - (1986)
*"Cream of the Collection 1975 - 1981" - (1989)
*"Song of an Exile" - (1989)
*"Father" - (1990)
*"Kiss the Tears" - (1992)
*"We Want to Live" - (1992)
*"Beautiful or What?!" - (1993)
*"Solo" - (1994)
*"City of Peace - Moriah" - (1996)
*"City of Peace - Part Two (My Every Breath)" - (1996)
*"My Heart Shall Journey - The Best of Adrian Snell" - (1996)
*"Light of the World" - (1996)
*"City of Peace" - (1998 2 CD)
*"Intimate Strangers" - (1998)
*"The Early Years 1975 - 1981" - (1998 3 CD)
*"Poems Without Words / Seven Hills" - (2000)
*"I Dream of Peace" - (2001)
*"The Cry, a requiem for the lost child" - (2003)

Video albums

*"Live at Flevo" (Video Tape) - (1992)

Bibliography

*"Alpha and Omega: Study Guide" - (1988)
*"Children of Exile" (with Jenny Robertson) - (1990)
*"City of Peace - A Journey to the Roots of My Faith" (with Charles Stewart) - (1996)