Elias Brown
© Ilmė Vyšniauskaitė
Curious and versatile
Conductor
‘Brown is one of those conductors who really lives the piece, conducts with his whole body. His gestures are immediately strong, immediately subtle’
Klasika Plus
Curating imaginative collaborations and conducting leading orchestras, Elias Brown is a quintessentially modern conductor – a searching musician who is at home across a wide range of repertoire, disciplines and cultural contexts. A fascination for the intersections between artforms and how concerts are experienced has inspired him to create unique performances in unusual spaces. He won the 2026 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award and as a Salonen Fellow for 2023/24 was mentored personally by Esa-Pekka Salonen. His talents as a composer and improviser, and his love of new music, have strengthened relationships with leading contemporary ensembles across Europe, including Ensemble Modern, Ensemble MusikFabrik and Divertimento Ensemble.
‘An orchestra is a civic institution with which we can create a space for thinking about society and ourselves – questioning and contemplating’
