Michael Stephen Brown

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Michael Stephen Brown (born 1987 in Oceanside, NY) is an American classical pianist and composer.

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Biography

Brown 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, [3] 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.

Brown is also a composer [6] [11] [12] and is the recipient of the 2018 Copland House Residency Award. [13] He is a recipient of a 2025 MacDowell fellowship in music composition. [14]

Brown is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where he studied piano with Jerome Lowenthal and Robert McDonald, and composition with Samuel Adler (composer). [15]

Works

List of compositions byMichael Stephen Brown [16]
YearTitleInstrumentation
2020Concerto for Piano and StringsPiano and Orchestra
2021Merging PodsOrchestral
2021American DiariesOrchestral
2022VortexCello and String Orchestra
2013Violin SonataViolin and Piano
2016ReflectionsPiano Trio
2017Prelude and DanceCello and Piano
2018Garden QuartetClarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano
2018RelationshipClarinet and piano
2021Twelve-BlocksPiano Four-Hands, with Spoken Poetry
2024The Lotos-EatersFlute, Cello, Piano, Percussion
2024Spinning SongCello and Piano
2024Sigh (after Mallarmé)Violin and Piano
2015After Three StatuesMezzo Soprano and Piano
2017Dearest FriendSoprano, Baritone, Piano
2023Loves Lives LostSoprano and Piano
2025Pas de troisSoprano, Viola, Piano
2012Suite for Solo CelloCello
2013ChantPiano Four-Hands
2016SurfacesPiano
2020Etude Fantasy on the Name of HaydnPiano
2024Four Lakes, Four ChildrenPiano
2024Breakup Etude for the Right Hand AlonePiano

References

  1. ↑ "The Avery Fisher Career Grants | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts". www.aboutlincolncenter.org. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  2. ↑ "Press Release | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts". www.aboutlincolncenter.org. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  3. 1 2 Kozinn, Allan (2012-04-11). "Michael Brown Performs George Perle Piano Rarity at Weill". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  4. ↑ May, Thomas (January 6, 2017). "At Seattle Symphony, cosmic radiation from Beethoven and Messiaen". The Seattle Times.
  5. ↑ "Biography". Sciolino Artist Management. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  6. 1 2 Rucker, Patrick. "Pianist-composer Michael Brown celebrates Bernstein". The Washington Post.
  7. ↑ "Michael Brown | The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center". www.chambermusicsociety.org. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  8. ↑ Giuliano, Mike. "Classical with a sense of humor". Howard County Times. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  9. ↑ Joan, Reinthaler (January 24, 2015). "Cellist Nicholas Canellakis, pianist Michael Brown at Wolf Trap Barns". The Washington Post.
  10. ↑ "At Olympic Music Festival, a cellist with a 'thirst' for comedy". The Seattle Times. 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  11. ↑ Allen, David (August 18, 2014). "Not Quite 76 Trombones, but More Than Usual". The New York Times.
  12. ↑ "Opera & Classical Music Listings for May 2–8". The New York Times. 2014-05-01. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  13. ↑ BWW News Desk. "Copland House Announces 2018 Residency Awards". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  14. ↑ MacDowell (2025). "MadDowell Artists, Michael Stephen Brown" . Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Michael Brown – Pianist". www.operamusica.com. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  16. ↑ Brown, Michael. "Michael Stephen Brown, Composer-Pianist, Compositions" . Retrieved September 2, 2025.


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