Justin Brown
Music Director and Principal Conductor

The Elton B. Stephens Chair

Maestro Justin Brown now leads the Alabama Symphony Orchestra as the Elton B. Stephens Music Director and Principal Conductor beginning with the 2006-2007 Season.

Brown comes to this appointment having established a reputation of artistic acclaim.  Most recently, Brown received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Classical Album for the 2006 release of Peter Lieberson's Buddhism-inspired "The Six Realms," part of "Lieberson: Rilke Songs, The Six Realms, Horn Concerto." Brown conducted the Odense (Denmark) Symphony Orchestra on the project.

He has worked with numerous orchestras throughout the UK and Europe including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony, English Chamber Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra,Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Brown’s first collaboration with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (in Great Britain) resulted in a critically acclaimed recording of Elgar and Barber Cello Concertos with French cellist Anne Gastinel, with whom he also joined forces with the Strasbourg Philharmonic last season.

Operatically, Justin Brown's performances of Fidelio at Lisbon's Teatro San Carlo, La Traviata and The Love for Three Oranges in Stuttgart, Don Giovanni in Frankfurt, Il Turco in Italia in Nantes and Carmen, La Traviata and Un Ballo in Maschera at the Norwegian Opera in Oslo have brought him great success. As a pianist, Justin Brown has been hailed in the Swedish press as “one of the most sensitive and emotionally rich chamber musicians of recent years”.

He performs regularly now as both soloist and conductor in Mozart and Beethoven concertos, including the Beethoven Triple Concerto, and will direct more concerto performances in the coming season. ASO audiences will have several opportunities to witness Maestro Brown at the piano throughout the season.