Justin Brown

Justin Brown is a conductor and pianist who has achieved prominence in the U.S. and Germany in addition to his native England. As conductor of the Alabama Symphony, he raised that orchestra's national profile in addition to strengthening its roots at home. Brown made his conducting debut at the British premiere of the stage version of Bernstein's Mass. His recording debut came in 1988 when he led Bernstein's Candide with the Scottish Opera. In 2006, Brown became music director of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. In 2011, Brown became music director of the Badische Staatstheater in Karlsruhe, Germany, staying on in Alabama as music director laureate. Brown remains active as a pianist, and in 2023, he backed contralto Claudia Huckle and tenor Nicky Spence on a recording of the original piano autograph version of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.