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(c) Ilmė Vyšniauskaitė 2024
Elias Peter Brown is a conductor, composer, improviser, and curator, seeking to create meaningful spaces for listening in and out of the concert hall. He is based in Berlin. Full biography here.



General Management: Maestro Arts
- Rachel Van Walsum rachel@maestroarts.com
- Jordi Martin Mont jordi@maestroarts.com

Instagram: @eliaspeterbrown



Recent Highlights

2024-25
Odense Symphony Orchestra / Assistant Conductor
Solti Foundation U.S. / Career Assistance Awardee

Ensemble Modern: ACHT BRÜCKEN / Guest Conductor
Salzburg Osterfestspiele: KHOVANSHCHINA / Assistant Conductor to Esa-Pekka Salonen
Washington National Opera: MACBETH / Solti Foundation US Opera Residency, Assistant to Evan Rogister
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra / Portrait Album Recording with Kristupas Bubnelis for MICL
UdK Berlin / Guest Dozent: CRESCENDO Eröffnungskonzert
Migas Listening Bar - Regular Guest DJ



2023-24
San Francisco Symphony / Salonen Fellow
Colburn School / Negaunee Conducting Program
Deutsche Musikrat / Stipendiat Forum Dirigieren
Solti Foundation U.S. / Career Assistance Awardee

Players of the LA Phil: HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT at BROAD STAGE / Guest Conductor
San Francisco Symphony: SOUNDBOX / Guest Conductor
Ensemble Garage: SPOLETO FESTIVAL / Guest Conductor
Colburn Orchestra: MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 1 / Guest Conductor
Zafraan Ensemble & New Babylon Ensemble: CELLS / Guest Conductor
Assistant to Esa-Pekka Salonen with Orchestre de Paris, Ensemble Intercontemporain, LA Phil
UdK Berlin / Guest Dozent: MEMORY SYSTEMS / MEMORY SPACES  



2022-23
Korean National Symphony Orchestra / Assistant Conductor
Deutsche Musikrat / Stipendiat Forum Dirigieren

Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra: SEOUL ARTS CENTER SATURDAY CONCERT / Guest Conductor
Severočeská Filharmonie Teplice: MLADÁ PRAHA / Guest Conductor
European Workshop for Contemporary Music: ACHT BRÜCKEN / Assistant Conductor
Electroacoustic work ‘Leave Your Message after the Tone’ released on MICL Label in collaboration with Kristupas Bubnelis and Twenty Fingers Duo
Artist-in-Residence: Hotel Pupik Artists Residency


Education
Universität der Künste Berlin / Advanced Professional Training / 2022
Royal Academy of Music / M.Mus Conducting [Honors] / 2019
Yale University / B.A Music [Honors] / 2017










LIVE       
2025
30 June - 4 July 2025 | Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Vilnius, Lithuania 
Double LP Portrait Recording
Kristupas BUBNELIS, composer


26 June | Odense Symphony Orchestra
Carl Nielsen Hall, Odense, Denmark
A Musical Journey: Works by NIELSEN, PÄRT, RICHTER, PUCCINI, BERNSTEIN, and others
Moderated by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, former Prime Minister of Denmark 


14 June | Odense Symphony Orchestra
Carl Nielsen Hall, Odense, Denmark
Rebecca SAUNDERS - Scar for ensemble ​
Per NØRGARD - Terrains vagues, for orchestra
Pierre BOULEZ - Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna, for orchestra in eight groups

Assistant to PIERRE BLEUSE
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11 May 2025​ | Acht Brücken Festival | Ensemble Modern
Filmforum Cologne, Köln, DE
Liza LIM - The Heart's Ear (1997)
Hilda PARADES - Forbidden Games (2019)             
Carmine Emanuele CELLA - La memoire de l'eau (2014)

1 May | Ensemble Modern

Frankfurt LAB, Frankfurt, DE
Liza LIM - The Heart's Ear (1997)
Hilda PARADES - Forbidden Games (2019)             
Carmine Emanuele CELLA - La memoire de l'eau (2014)
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12 & 21 April | Salzburg Osterfestspiele | Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, AT
Modest MUSSORGSKY - Khovanshchina
Production SIMON MCBURNEY
Dramaturgy / Advisor GERARD MCBURNEY
Assistant / Cover Conductor to ESA-PEKKA SALONEN
​Co-production with the Metropolitan Opera New York


14 April | Salzburg Osterfestspiele | Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, AT​​​​
Esa-Pekka SALONEN - Cello Concerto
Jean SIBELIUS - Symphony no. 2 in D major​​
Violoncello SENJA RUMMUKAINEN ​
Assistant / Cover Conductor to ESA-PEKKA SALONEN

13 & 20 April | Salzburg Osterfestspiele | Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Bayerische Rundfunk
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, AT
Gustav MAHLER - Symphony no. 2 "Resurrection"​​
Soprano JULIE ROSET
Alto JASMIN WHITE​
Assistant / Cover Conductor to ESA-PEKKA SALONEN

1 February | Odense Symphony Orchestra
Carl Nielsen Hall, Odense, Denmark
​Voices of War — Moderated Concert with Adam Holm
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN - Fidelio Overture
Benjamin BRITTEN - Extracts from War Requiem
Gustav MAHLER - Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen
Steingrimur ROHLOFF - Extracts from War Requiem
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN - Symphony no. 3 "Eroica"
Baritone JOHANNES HELD


23 January | Odense Symphony Orchestra
Carl Nielsen Hall, Odense, Denmark
Alexander BORODIN - Polovitsian dances from Prince Igor
Kaija SAARIAHO - Organ Concerto 
Sergei RACHMANINOFF - Symphony no. 2 in e-minor, op. 27
Organ OLIVIER LATRY
Assistant / Cover Conductor to PIERRE BLEUSE

5, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18 January  | Odense Symphony Orchestra
Carl Nielsen Hall, Odense, Denmark​
New Year's Concerts
Works by BRAHMS, STRAUSS II, LEHAR, GLINKA, H. C. LUMBYE, Carl Michael ZIEHRER, and others
Soprano FREDERIKKE KAMPMANN
Soloist SØREN PILMARK


2024
11, 12 December | Odense Symphony Orchestra
Carl Nielsen Hall, Odense, Denmark
Christmas Carols with Det Fynske Kammerkor 
Soloist JULIE BERTHELSEN

7 December | California All-State CODA Honor Orchestra 
Barnum Hall, Santa Monica, California 
Antonín DVOŘÁK - Selections from Slavonic Dances, op. 46
Reena ESMAIL - Testament from Vishwas (2017) 
Igor STRAVINSKY - The Firebird Suite (1919)


29 November | Odense Symphony Orchestra & Danish Royal Opera Choir
Carl Nielsen Hall, Odense, Denmark
Jean-Frédéric NEUBURGER - Preludes pour cordes
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN - Symphony no. 9
Assistant / Cover Conductor to PIERRE BLEUSE

October-November | Washington National Opera
Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
Solti Foundation U.S. Opera Residency Fellowship 
Giuseppe VERDI - Macbeth
Assistant Conductor to EVAN ROGISTER

27 September | Odense Symphony Orchestra
Carl Nielsen Hall, Odense, Denmark
Jean SIBELIUS - En Saga.
Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR - Archora
Carl NIELSEN - Symphony No. 5.

Assistant / Cover Conductor to EVA OLLIKAINEN


20-23 August | Helsinki Festival & Baltic Sea Festival | Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Musiikkitalo & Berwaldhallen
Modest MUSSORGSKY - Khovanshchina (concert version)
Assistant / Cover Conductor to ESA-PEKKA SALONEN

29-30 June | Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi: Ensemble Garage
Sala Pegasus, Spoleto, IT / Vapore D'Estate, Milan, IT
Baldwin GIANG - Scenes from the Post-Diaspora


5-6 April | San Francisco Symphony
Davies Hall, San Francisco: SoundBox New Music Series
Max RICHTER - Four Seasons Recomposed (extracts)
Antonio VIVALDI - The Four Seasons (extracts)
Philip GLASS - Glassworks
Curator CAROL RILEY


26 March | Colburn Chamber Players
Zipper Hall, Los Angeles
György LIGETI - Melodien
William MARSEY - Why Do You Grieve [US Premiere]
Claude DEBUSSY (orch. Gale) - La Mer

15 February | Orchestre de Paris & Ensemble Intercontemporain
Paris Philharmonie, FR
Jean SIBELIUS - The Oceanides
Kaija SAARIAHO - Notes on Light
Magnus LINDBERG - Kraft
Violoncello ANSSI KARTTUNEN
Assistant / Cover Conductor to ESA-PEKKA SALONEN

9 February | Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern
Großen Sendesaal des Saarländischen Rundfunks, Saarbrücken, DE
Eun-Hwa CHO - Jouissance de la Différence II
Johannes SCHÖLLHORN - éste que ves (2016)
Arnold SCHÖNBERG - Piano Concerto op. 42
Stanislaw SKROWACZEWSKI - Music at Night
Dirigierwerkstatt and Concert supported by Forum Dirigieren des Deutschen Musikrates


31 January - 1 February | Orchestre de Paris
Paris Philharmonie
Claude DEBUSSY - Images
Claude DEBUSSY - Fantasie for Piano & Orchestra
Igor STRAVINSKY-STUCKY - Les Noces
Assistant/Cover Conductor to ESA-PEKKA SALONEN

28 January | Colburn Orchestra
The Soraya, Northridge, CA
Karl GOLDMARK - Violin Concerto in A minor
Gustav MAHLER - Symphony no. 1 in D Major
Violin EZRA SHCOLNIK

15 January | Coburg Landestheater
Globe Theater, Coburg, DE
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS - Sinfonietta No. 1 "In Memoriam Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart"
Max REGER - Mozart-Variations op. 132
W.A. MOZART - Symphony no. 40 in g-minor KV 550


W.A. MOZART: Zauberflöte Overture
Claude DEBUSSY: La Mer: II. Jeux de vagues
Isabella GELLIS: What Shall We Do [2023]
Gustav MAHLER: Symphony no. 4 [arr. Simon]

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