Biography

Beginning in the 80’s, Line Adam made her first orchestrations and musical directions in the 90’s.

When not recording at Quality Music Production with her husband Colin Burton, Line was on international tours, concerts and shows.

She has composed music for films such as “Voltaire et l’affaire Calas” (TSR, FR2), William Z (RTBF), “Les gens pressés sont déjà morts” (RTBF), “Ferdinando” (Siren Art), “Harry Bogart” (The Modern Theater ), “Water and the Haymoller brothers” (Denmark), “Chang” (USA), “Women in Development” (D), “La solidarité mon c…” (ARTE), “L’Engagement” (Procitel), “Renée” by Michel Gourdin, “Thomas Doyen dit…” (Le Moderne / Siren Art), “Le Rendezvous” (Tunisia), “La Louve” (FR3), “The African who wanted to fly” (Gabon / Neon-Rouge), The Mercy of the Jungle (Néon rouge / Tact Production / Perfect Shot Films).

She also composes original stage music for many Belgian and French musical pieces and comedies (including pieces for the Baladins du Miroir: Le chant de la source, La bonne âme de See Tchouan, Le Grand Cabaret, Le roi nu, Objets’ction , … and 6 musicals for “L’école de scène” in Brussels).

She composes for several Belgian and foreign groups such as Ensemble Quartz, Saxacorda, Quatuor Thaïs, Sempre Trio, Orchestre de chambre de Liège, Trio Krokus, les Mousquetaires …

She has also directed more than 60 albums as arranger and / or artistic director and directs a group of Italian polyphonic voices “I Canta Storia”.

Personal albums have followed one another: “Northern Flute”, “Sculptures”, “Museum”, “Carte Blanche à Line Adam”, “België-Belgique”, “Spices”, “Faits d’hiver”, “Landscape with Strings”, “Northern Piano”, “Cordes sensibles” … Her new album “Femmes” will be released in 2019.

In 2008, she created a “Drawing concert” with François Schuiten, a world premiere based on a concept born in Angoulême.

She also composed two operas for the Royal Opera of Wallonia: “Sybil et les silhouettes” in 2012 (finalist of the European competition “Operaj”) and the interactive opera “Fleurs de peau” in 2015.

In 2018, she is working on “Le sacre et l’éveil” by D. Serron / Théâtre Voltaire, on the arrangements and the musical direction of the double album of “Timothy” (covers of standards for symphonic orchestra and band), a new creation of I canta storia, Jofroi’s new album and recital and composes the original music of “Désir, Terre et Sang”, a musical show around the work of G. Lorca (Baladins / Infini Théâtre / PBA / Atelier Théâtre Jean Vilar).