Dr Bretton Brown

Bretton Brown is an American pianist, educated at Yale, the New England Conservatory, and Juilliard. Based now in London, he made his UK debut in 2016 accompanying Renée Fleming and Christian McBride at Wigmore Hall. He has also appeared in recital in Paris, Lille, and throughout the United States. 

He has worked extensively as repetiteur with Sir George Benjamin, both on Lessons in Love and Violence (world premiere - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and Dutch National Opera) and Written on Skin (American and Canadian premieres). He returns to Dutch National Opera in 2019 to prepare Caruso a Cuba, a new opera by Micha Hamel, and joins the music staff of Opéra national de Lyon for its production of Lessons in Love and Violence.

He is a vocal coach at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and serves on the faculty of the Israel Vocal Arts Institute- Summer Opera Tel Aviv. He was visiting professor of collaborative piano at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 2015-16.

He won prizes for music and poetry at Yale and upon completing his doctorate received Juilliard's prize for the best dissertation for his work on the music of Gustav Holst.

Photo by Arthur Moeller

Website: www.brettonbrown.com