"Brott has a certain gift, he held our attention
giving us the live pulse with the least fuss. The Brott-Hamilton
combination is a force to be reckoned with in music in Canada."
Ottawa Citizen
"Conductor Brott is cool, assertive and
masterful. He gives a score studied detail and definition with a
thorough understanding of the orchestration and the music.
Edmonton Journal
"Brott was brilliant and exhilarating."
Winnipeg Tribune
"-the orchestra responded with flexibility and enthusiasm to Brott's
crisp and confident direction. Brott knows what he is after, and he
knows how to achieve it."
Montreal Gazette
"...achieved perfect ensemble within each
section. the speeds were right and the balance well controlled. Boris
Brott allowed the music to unfold at admirably judged speeds, and with
an apparently infallible ear for dynamics and texture."
The Manchester Guardian, London
"Beethoven plus Brott a partnership to
remember... This orchestra bears comparison to any other in the
country, and this is due to its splendid good fortune in having Boris
Brott as conductor. Precision of attack and clarity of texture were
impressive and the choice of tempo was unerring."
Daily Mail, London
"Mr. Brott has passed the stage of being merely
promising. Last night he showed real achievement. His beat is clear,
incisive and flexible, and he has perfect control of his players.
Equally important he is an intelligent musician and has plenty of
vitality and intensity of feeling."
Daily Telegraph, London
"Chef Precis, elegant, silhouette encore fragile
mais chef plein de ressource et de distinction... un chef prestigieux."
Le Figaro, Paris
"Brott was warmly applauded by the capacity
audience at the Foro Italico. He won the hearts of his audience with
his excellent interpretations."
Il Messagero, Rome
"One of the most thrilling sounds to have been
heard in the cathedral, Brott's conducting was worthy of Britain's
best orchestras."
South Wales Echo, Wales
"Brott has some impressive credentials as a
conductor and it was clear from the start Wednesday night that he knew
what he was about. In all three pieces he kept the players on their
mettle and strove to project the emotional essence of each work -
glittering laughter in the Mozart, folksy charm in the Dvorak, elegant
euphony in the Mendelssohn."
The Plain Dealer, Cleveland
"The conductor radiated positive personal
expression, great vitality, clear outlining and striking professional
ability, which influenced positively the orchestra performance in the
"Variaciones Concertante" of Ginastera and the "Classical" Symphony if
Prokofiev.
Ha aretz, Tel Aviv
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Boris Brott is one of the
most internationally recognized Canadian conductors, holding major
posts as music director in Canada and the United States. He enjoys an
international career as guest conductor, educator, television host,
motivational speaker and cultural ambassador.
Music Director of both the New West Symphony in Los Angeles and the
McGill Chamber Orchestra in Montreal, he is also Artistic Director of
both the National Academy Orchestra and the Brott Music Festivals in
Hamilton, Ontario, and serves as Artistic Director of Symphonia
Canada.
In Canada, Mr. Brott was instrumental in the growth of such Canadian
orchestras as Thunder Bay Symphony, Regina Symphony,
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, CBC Winnipeg, Symphony Nova Scotia, and
most notably - The Hamilton Philharmonic, where Mr. Brott was Music
Director from 1969 to 1990. He was Artistic Advisor and Founder to the
newly created Symphony Nova Scotia from 1984 to 1989.
Internationally, Mr. Brott has served as Assistant Conductor to the
New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein, and as Music Director
and Conductor for the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden (two years),
Northern Sinfonia (five years), and the BBC Welsh Symphony (seven
years).
In addition, Mr. Brott has guest-conducted in Mexico, the United
States, South America, Central America, France, Germany, Great
Britain, Italy, Scandinavia, Japan, Korea, Israel, the Netherlands,
and most recently performed Bernstein's Mass, for Pope John Paul II at
the Vatican.
His guest conducting engagements include appearances with the National
Arts Centre Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony, Quebec Symphony,
Orchestra London, Canada, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Bari Symphony
(Italy) Jerusalem Symphony, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Rotterdam
Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Brott has won prizes in major international competitions: the Pan
American Conductors Prize in Mexico, the Liverpool Conductors
Competition in Great Britain, and the Dimitri Mitropoulos
International Conductors Competition in New York, where he joined the
ranks of Seiji Ozawa and Claudio Abbado as a Gold Medal Winner. In
1987, Mr. Brott was awarded Canada's highest civic honor, Officer of
the Order of Canada.
Boris Brott has commitment to the development of new audiences and
young artists. His programs have received rave reviews, in particular,
a series of concerts bringing to life the great classical composers.
The National Academy Orchestra, a unique mentor-apprentice program, in
which emerging young musicians gain invaluable experience from working
with seasoned professionals, stands as the centerpiece of his music
festival in Ontario, Canada.
Besides numerous film and radio commitments, Mr. Brott has conducted,
produced, and and hosted over 100 television programs on both sides of
the Atlantic. He has recorded for CBC, Septre-Mace, Mercury, Pro-Arte
Records and Sony Classical where CDs with the late Glenn Gould have
recently been released.
He has developed a corollary career as a motivational speaker giving
35 presentations annually to Fortune 500 companies around the world
linking music and business. The speeches centre around the "teamwork"
and "creativity" aspects of music and business. A partial list of
recent audiences included CEOs of IBM, American Express, American
Airlines, Sandoz, Compaq, Intel, General Electric, Pfizer, Pharmacia
Upjohn, Sun Microsystems, and General Motors.
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