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Conducting leading orchestras, curating imaginative collaborations across artforms, and working as a composer and improviser, Elias Brown is a quintessentially modern artist – a searching musician who is at home across a wide range of repertoire, disciplines and cultural contexts. He was recently named the 2026 winner of the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award by the Solti Foundation U.S.
He has recently made debuts with Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSB), Danish Chamber Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra and Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Brown was mentored by Esa-Pekka Salonen and has worked as his assistant with San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris and Ensemble Intercontemporain as well as, most recently, at Salzburg Easter Festival. He has also served as Assistant Conductor with Odense Symphony Orchestra and Korean National Symphony Orchestra, as Solti Opera Residency Fellow at Washington National Opera, and at the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi.
Recent highlights include conducting Ensemble Modern at Acht Brücken Festival and appearances with Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Flemish Symphony Orchestra, Nürnberger Symphoniker and Magdeburg Philharmonic. As a composer and improviser with a strong affinity for new music, he has collaborated with Ensemble MusikFabrik, Ensemble Zafraan, Spectra Ensemble and Divertimento Ensemble. In 2021, he won First Prize and the orchestra prize at the Korean Conducting Competition, leading to further engagements in Korea.
Brown’s interest in interdisciplinary performance informs his work as a curator. His Master’s research at the Royal Academy of Music explored concert curation and was later published in Glissando Magazine. Projects include Memory Systems / Memory Spaces (UdK Berlin, 2024), CAVE (Brunel Museum, Prague Quadrennial selection) and less than a grain of dust (Yale University Art Gallery).
Brown studied at Yale University, the Royal Academy of Music and Universität der Künste Berlin. He received further mentorship as a Salonen Fellow in the Negaunee Conducting Program at the Colburn School and as a Forum Dirigieren scholarship holder. He has received support from the Solti Foundation US with two Career Assistance Awards (2023, 2024).
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19 September 2026 | Inferno of the Living / Balance
Mengi, Reykjavik, Iceland
Opera-in-progress
in collaboration with Claire Dickson
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2-4 October 2026 | Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie
Corum, Montpellier, FR
Carl ORFF - Carmina Burana
Clara Guillon, soprano
Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djia, tenor
Theo Hoffman, baritone
Chœur Opéra national Montpellier Occitanie
Goyang Festival Choir
Assistant to Roderick Cox
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9-10 October 2026 | Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie
Corum, Montpellier, FR
RAVEL - Ma Mère l'Oye Suite
BARTÓK - Suite from the Miraculous Mandarin
PROKOFIEV - Symphony no. 5
Assistant to Roderick Cox
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5 November 2026 | Orkest Phion: Cello Biënnale Amsterdam
Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam, NL
GLINKA - Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
PALESTRINA - Caro mea vera est cibus
FAURÉ - Libera me uit Requiem
FAURÉ - Sicilienne
FAURÉ - Élégie
MARTIN - Ballade for Cello and Orchestra
Rembrandt FRERICHS - On Love and Other Negotiations (world premiere)
Quirine Viersen, cello
Maja Bogdanović, cello
Daniel Rowland, violin
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12 November 2026 | Odense Symphony Orchestra
Carl Nielsen Hall, Odense, DK
Arvo PÄRT - Cantus in Memory Benjamin Britten
SHOSTAKOVICH - Chamber Symphony op. 110a
John ADAMS - The Chairman Dances
HAYDN - Symphony no. 45 ‘Farewell’
and further works
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19 December 2025 | Oracle Egg BOILER Residency
Oracle Egg, Los Angeles
RADIO PICO
installation for loudspeaker orchestra and live electronics
in collaboration with Zack Sekoff
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5-7 February 2027 | Los Angeles Philharmonic
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Rituals: One Morning Becomes an Eternity
SCHOENBERG - Erwartung
WEBERN - Five Pieces for Orchestra
MAHLER - Der Abschied (The Farewell) from Das Lied von der Erde
Peter Sellars, director
Ausrine Stundyte, soprano
Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano
Assistant to Esa-Pekka Salonen
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11-14 February 2027 | Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Rituals: Requiem
György LIGETI - Requiem
MOZART - Requiem
Assistant to Esa-Pekka Salonen
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18-21 February 2027 | Los Angeles Philharmonic
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Hildur GUÐNADÓTTIR - New work
PROKOFIEV - Violin Concerto No. 2
RESPIGHI - Fountains of Rome
RESPIGHI - Pines of Rome
Clara Jumi-Yang, violin
Assistant to Roberto Gonzáles-Monjas
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20 February 2027 | Los Angeles Philharmonic: Symphonies for Youth
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
BEETHOVEN - Symphony no. 5
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26-27 February 2027 | Los Angeles Philharmonic
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Pēteris VASKS - Vēstījums
Arvo PÄRT - Symphony No. 2
Henryk GÓRECKI - Symphony No. 3, “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”
Assistant to Eva Ollikainen
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27 February 2027 | Los Angeles Philharmonic: Symphonies for Youth
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
BEETHOVEN - Symphony no. 5
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2-5 March 2027 | Los Angeles Philharmonic: Symphonies for Schools
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
BEETHOVEN - Selections from Symphony No. 5
BEETHOVEN - Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59, “Für Elise”
BEETHOVEN - Movement 2 from Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 97
BEETHOVEN - Movement 3 from Piano Concerto No. 4
Robby GOOD - New work
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7 March 2027 | Los Angeles Philharmonic
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Steve REICH arr. Anna CLYNE - Proverb (US premiere)
Steve REICH - Jacob’s Ladder
Steve REICH - Music for Ensemble and Orchestra
Steve REICH - In All Your Ways
Assistant to Brad Lubman
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Further dates to be announced soon.
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Carl NIELSEN: Symphony no. 4 “The Inextinguishable” - IV: Allegro
Odense Symphony Orchestra
Odense Symphony Orchestra
Claude DEBUSSY: La Mer: II. Jeux de vagues
Korean National Symphony Orchestra
W.A. MOZART: Zauberflöte Overture
Erzgebirgische Philharmonie
Erzgebirgische Philharmonie
Isabella GELLIS: What Shall We Do [2023]
Colburn Chamber Orchestra
Colburn Chamber Orchestra
Gustav MAHLER: Symphony no. 4 [arr. Simon]
Colburn Chamber Orchestra
Colburn Chamber Orchestra
NEWS
12 October 2026 | ACCORDATURA LP set for release! Eli’s album of works by Kristupas Bubnelis with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra will be released on vinyl and streaming on 12 October 2026 on MIC.LT.
28 August 2026 | Elias is named a prizewinner of the Princess Astrid Competition, finishing with third place and winning a prize of 25 000 NOK.
16 July 2026 | Elias is named winner of the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award by the Solti Foundation U.S. As the Solti Fellow, Elias receives $30,000 as well as ongoing professional mentoring and introductions to two of Chicago’s most established performing arts organizations: Lyric Opera of Chicago and Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
16 June 2026 | Test pressings for the ACCORDATURA LP finished! Eli’s album of works by Kristupas Bubnelis with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra scheduled for release in October 2026 on MIC.LT.
23 May 2026 | ...please leave your message after the tone... [2020] receives its US Premiere at the 28th Annual MATA Festival, performed by BlackBox Ensemble.
6 March 2026 | Brown’s work with the Danish Chamber Orchestra is featured on Denmark’s Radio P2. Listen back here.
16 May 2024 | Elias is selected for a Solti Foundation US Career Assistance Award as well as the Elizabeth Buccheri Opera Residency Fellowship, assisting Evan Rogister at Washington National Opera.
27 April 2024 | Elias is appointed Assistant Conductor of the Odense Symphony Orchestra, where he will work closely with Music Director Pierre Bleuse and conduct 12 of his own concerts with the orchestra.
1 September 2023 | Elias begins as Salonen Fellow in the Negaunee Conducting Program at the Colburn School and San Francisco Symphony.
12 October 2026 | ACCORDATURA LP set for release! Eli’s album of works by Kristupas Bubnelis with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra will be released on vinyl and streaming on 12 October 2026 on MIC.LT.
28 August 2026 | Elias is named a prizewinner of the Princess Astrid Competition, finishing with third place and winning a prize of 25 000 NOK.
16 July 2026 | Elias is named winner of the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award by the Solti Foundation U.S. As the Solti Fellow, Elias receives $30,000 as well as ongoing professional mentoring and introductions to two of Chicago’s most established performing arts organizations: Lyric Opera of Chicago and Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
16 June 2026 | Test pressings for the ACCORDATURA LP finished! Eli’s album of works by Kristupas Bubnelis with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra scheduled for release in October 2026 on MIC.LT.
23 May 2026 | ...please leave your message after the tone... [2020] receives its US Premiere at the 28th Annual MATA Festival, performed by BlackBox Ensemble.
6 March 2026 | Brown’s work with the Danish Chamber Orchestra is featured on Denmark’s Radio P2. Listen back here.
16 May 2024 | Elias is selected for a Solti Foundation US Career Assistance Award as well as the Elizabeth Buccheri Opera Residency Fellowship, assisting Evan Rogister at Washington National Opera.
27 April 2024 | Elias is appointed Assistant Conductor of the Odense Symphony Orchestra, where he will work closely with Music Director Pierre Bleuse and conduct 12 of his own concerts with the orchestra.
1 September 2023 | Elias begins as Salonen Fellow in the Negaunee Conducting Program at the Colburn School and San Francisco Symphony.
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