Born in New York and based in Buenos Aires, Adam Tully is a composer with an unusual story. After an upbringing filled with choral music and classical guitar, he stepped into the world of tango at age 20 while studying abroad in Argentina, immediately deciding to pursue the music and its guitar tradition. After years of apprenticeship and performance he felt compelled to start composing original music, creating a language which has deep tango roots but is also unafraid to step away from them.
Tully’s music (described as “contemporary, respectful of the tradition, calm, and percussive) reflects diverse influences such as jazz, tango, and contemporary classical and contemplative music. In the words of the composer: “I’m interested in developing my own voice; one which understands the music from the inside, but is also coming from the outside.”
After a decade of performing his own compositions in several formats (solo guitar, mixed trio, guitar quartet and mixed quintet), he began to compose original music for other performers, such as Arco & Aire, La Orquesta Porteña de Mandolinas and various guitar ensembles. Since 2020, this body of work has gradually expanded to include tango orchestra, solo piano, solo ukulele, and solo viola. Future commissions include works for clarinet and piano and a double concerto for bandoneon, guitar and string orchestra.
As performer Adam Tully is a fixture on the Buenos Aires contemporary tango scene, regularly performing his original works in venues such as the Buenos Aires Tango Festival and Guitarras del Mundo, Argentina’s premiere international guitar festival. He has also toured in Japan, Europe, and the United States.
Adam Tully and AT Trio - Recent Artistic Achievements
2026
April - EP release PRESENTA: QUINTETO
2025
March - Nominated in the category "Tango Criollo" in Tango Siglo XXI awards for Cuartetos Gutarreros.
April - Album release + release concert & Centro Cultural de la Cooperación, BA.
August - performance in Festival de Tango de Buenos Aires at Centro Cultural Recoleta
September - Debut Adam Tully Quinteto
October - performances in the Guitarras del Mundo Festival
2024
May - Release of "cuartetos guitarreros", digital album and picture-card album
October - performances in the Guitarras del Mundo Festival in Buenos Aires Province
2023
June - Open call and recording of "Cuartetos Guitarreros" a project involving the recording of original music with 12 other tango guitarists.
November - performances in the Guitarras del Mundo Festival in Río Negro, Santa Cruz and the south of Buenos Aires Province.
2022
Artistic producer, Tango de Hoy. Artistic producer of “Vení que te cuento,” a concept album which brings together 10 women singers interpreting new songs.
2021
June - Concerts in Santa Bárbara and Los Ángeles, California with Hugo Satorre.
July - Performance for en “Piazzolla at 100, Binelli at 75” concert at the New York
Guitar Seminar, Mannes and the Americas Society, and participation as a teacher.
October/November -performances in the Guitarras del Mundo Festival in Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes and Misiones
2020
January - US tour, including and APAP showcase
Ástor 2020 - La historia continúa
Me quedo en casa - a daily streaming with duets done for 71 days.
November - Adam Tully has been chosen for the Guitarras del mundo Festival.
2019
March- Recorded a sampler album "Surtido" with various projects: solo guitar, trio, guitar and violin, guitar and bandoneon, vitar and voice, guitar quartet.
April/May - Japan tour with my trio, duo of guitar and violin and guitar w/bandoneon. 10 dates around this amazing country.
June/November - New tango concert series every Tuesday, Yunta tanguera, Srs Duncan
November - Astor 2020, I'm producing a new record with another 10 composers to honor Histoire du tango.
2018
November - USA West Coast tour, Seattle and Portland. Concert lecture at Highline College, Seattle.
October - Adam Tully has been chosen for the Guitarras del mundo festival, the premiere guitar festival in Argentina. He will be presenting as solo guitarist and with his trio in 2 different dates.
April - Adam Tully Trio chosen as finalists for #ProyectoDisco by the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires.
2017-2020
Host of the radio segment Guitarra, guitarra mía on the program Ayer Hoy Era Mañana on FM La 2x4 Radio, Buenos Aires
2017
April - Adam Tully Trio album on Epsa Music
May - Adam Tully Trio concert, Raritan River Music Festival, New Jersey
May - Adam Tully Trio concert Club Bonafide, New York
October - Adam Tully Trio concert Benigno Cultural Center, Buenos Aires
October - Adam Tully Trio radio broadcast on La 2x4 Radio, Buenos Aires
November - Adam Tully Trio concert, Oliverio Girondo Buenos Aires
February - Faculty at Tango Para Músicos, Buenos Aires