Adrian Brown

Adrian Brown comes from a distinguished line of pupils of Sir Adrian Boult. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Music in London, he studied with Sir Adrian with whom he also subsequently worked for some years. He remains the only British conductor to have reached the finals of the Karajan Conductors' Competition and the Berlin Philharmonic was the first professional orchestra he conducted. Sir Adrian said of his work: "He has always impressed me as a musician of exceptional attainments who has all the right gifts and ideas to make him a first class conductor."

In 1992 Adrian was engaged to conduct one of the great orchestras of the world, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1998 he was invited to work with the Camerata Salzburg, one of Europe's foremost chamber orchestras at the request of Sir Roger Norrington.

Adrian has conducted many leading British orchestras including the City of Birmingham Symphony, the BBC Symphony, the BBC Scottish Symphony and the London Sinfonietta. He is also a great proponent of contemporary music and has several first performances to his credit

The 2007-8 Season saw concerts in Snape Maltings celebrating the Elgar Anniversary, a performance of Hansel und Gretel, and engagements with Hunts Phiharmonic and Southgate Symphony. A full season with Bromley Symphony of Elgar's Second, Bruckner Seventh, Tchaikovsky Fourth Symphonies and Holst's The Planets was also performed.

For his 60th Birthday Year in 2009 Adrian has been appointed Music Director of Hunts Philharmonic performing Beethoven's Choral Symphony and has conducted many works on a 'celebration wish list' including Sibelius's Fourth, Mahler's Ninth and Elgar's First Symphonies. He also had a major success conducting the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra in Vilnius performing Berlioz in a concert broadcast nationally. Bromley Symphony honoured him with a 30th Anniversary/60th Birthday concert in November.

Future plans include a performance of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius in Ely Cathedral with Hunts Philharmonic, a debut with the Corinthian Chamber Orchestra and an important lecture to the Berlioz Society

Adrian Brown was one of a hundred musicians presented with a prestigious Classic FM Award at their Tenth Birthday Honours Celebration in June 2002.