Serge Adler
Board Member, Musicians Committee
Serge Adler joined Orchestra Toronto in 2006, and in 2010 took on the position of Principal Percussion.
A native of Moscow, Russia, Serge began his percussion studies at the age of 13 with Mark Pekarsky, a prominent Soviet percussionist. Serge holds a Bachelor of Music from the Moscow Ippolitov-Ivanov Music Academy and a Master of Music (performance) degree from the Moscow Gnessin’s Music Institute.
While studying, Serge began touring on a regular basis with the Pekarsky Percussion Ensemble, performing mostly Soviet and Western avant-garde music. He also performed extensively with Gnessin’s Opera Studio, Moscow Stanislavsky Musical Theatre, world-famous Bolshoi Theatre and Milan’s La Scala (while they were touring Russia). Serge performed with many prominent conductors: Yuri Temirkanov, Emin Khachatourian, Vladimir Spivakov and Riccardo Muti.
