Michael Stephen Brown Explained

Michael Stephen Brown (born 1987 in Oceanside, NY) is an American classical pianist and composer. He is the recipient of the 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant,[1] 2018 Emerging Artist Award from Lincoln Center,[2] and the 2010 Concert Artists Guild Competition.[3] Brown has performed as soloist with the Seattle,[4] Grand Rapids, North Carolina, Maryland and Albany symphony orchestras,[5] and at Carnegie Hall, Caramoor, the Smithsonian,[6] Alice Tully Hall, and the Gilmore Festival. He is an artist at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and is a former member of CMS Two (now known as The Bowers Program).[7] He regularly performs duo recitals with cellist Nicholas Canellakis.[8] [9] [10] He has received commissions from many organizations and some of today’s leading artists, and recently toured his own Piano Concerto around the US and Poland with several orchestras.

Michael Stephen Brown is also a composer[11] [12] and is the recipient of the 2018 Copland House Residency Award.[13]

Michael Stephen Brown is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where he studied piano with Jerome Lowenthal and Robert McDonald, and composition with Samuel Adler (composer).[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Avery Fisher Career Grants Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. www.aboutlincolncenter.org. 2018-12-31.
  2. Web site: Press Release Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. www.aboutlincolncenter.org. 2018-12-31.
  3. News: Michael Brown Performs George Perle Piano Rarity at Weill . Kozinn . Allan . 2012-04-11 . The New York Times . 2018-12-31 . 0362-4331.
  4. News: At Seattle Symphony, cosmic radiation from Beethoven and Messiaen . May . Thomas . January 6, 2017 . The Seattle Times .
  5. Web site: Biography . Sciolino Artist Management . 2018-12-31.
  6. News: Pianist-composer Michael Brown celebrates Bernstein . Rucker . Patrick . The Washington Post .
  7. Web site: Michael Brown The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.. www.chambermusicsociety.org. 2018-12-31.
  8. Web site: Classical with a sense of humor . Giuliano . Mike . Howard County Times . 2018-12-31.
  9. News: Cellist Nicholas Canellakis, pianist Michael Brown at Wolf Trap Barns . Joan . Reinthaler . January 24, 2015 . The Washington Post .
  10. Web site: At Olympic Music Festival, a cellist with a 'thirst' for comedy . 2012-08-10 . The Seattle Times . 2018-12-31.
  11. News: Not Quite 76 Trombones, but More Than Usual . Allen . David . August 18, 2014 . The New York Times .
  12. News: Opera & Classical Music Listings for May 2–8 . 2014-05-01 . The New York Times . 2018-12-31 . 0362-4331.
  13. Web site: Copland House Announces 2018 Residency Awards . BWW News Desk . BroadwayWorld.com . 2018-12-31.
  14. Web site: Michael Brown – Pianist . www.operamusica.com . 2018-12-31.

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