Adam Har-zvi is a composer and double bassist whose music focuses on rich counterpoint and the intersection between patient lyricism and rhythmic drive. His pieces have been performed by groups such as The Toledo Symphony, The Lansing Symphony, The 21st Century Consort, the Mivos Quartet, and The Wind Ensemble Society of New York City. His music has received awards from the National Federation of Music Clubs, The Ohio Federation of Music Clubs, the International Horn Society and the NJ Arts Collective. He holds degrees from The Cleveland Institute of Music, UMass Amherst, and Bowling Green State University. His compositional catalog includes works for orchestra, wind ensemble, vocal, chamber, solo, and electroacoustic works.

As a bassist, Har-zvi is a member of the chamber quintet, Newphonia, which commissions several pieces annually and gives numerous performances throughout the United States. As part of Newphonia's Newfound Works Initiative, Newphonia collaborates with high school and college composition departments to foster educational opportunities and the creation of new compositions. Newphonia has performed recitals and/or residencies at Western Illinois University, Louisiana State University, Interlochen School for the Arts, and Bowling Green State University. Har-zvi is a section member of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, and performs regularly with the Adrian, Ashland, Mansfield, and Toledo Symphony Orchestras. He additionally works as a recording engineer, photographer, videographer, and soccer referee.

He has studied composition under Jeremy Allen, Christopher Dietz, Mikel Kuehn, Elainie Lillios, Salvatore Macchia, Marilyn Shrude and Kate Soper, and double bass under Salvatore Macchia, Bob Rohwer, and Derek Zadinsky. Har-zvi is currently finishing his doctoral dissertation, entitled A Goat, a Dog, and a Turkey Walk Into a Cantata: Text Setting in Charles Wuorinen’s It Happens Like This.