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Leeds International
Pianoforte Competition 2006
2nd Prize
Benjamin Britten Special Prize
“Andrew Brownell… proved the
final night revelation with a riot of colours that he unleashed
in a
fabulous account of Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto.”
- The
Yorkshire Post
“He oozed confidence, crispness,
and know-how…”
- The London Times
Andrew Brownell has been a multiple prizewinner in international
competitions, including 2nd Prize and Benjamin Britten Prize
at the 2006 Leeds
International Pianoforte Competition and
1st Prize at the 2005 J.N.
Hummel Competition in Bratislava. Mr.
Brownell won 2nd Prize ex aequo at the 2002 International
J.S. Bach Competition in Leipzig, the
only American pianist to have ever won a prize in the history
of the competition.
Andrew Brownell has played recitals
and concerts across North America and Europe. His performances
have been heard on BBC radio and television, NPR, CBC, Mitteldeutscher
Rundrunk, and Slovak Radio. He has been soloist with the Hallé,
Brighton Philharmonic (UK), Slovak Philharmonic, Slovak Sinfonietta,
Mitteldeutscher Kammerorchester, Hermitage State Orchestra
(Russia), Oregon Symphony, and the Vancouver Symphony (US).
Mr. Brownell has collaborated with such conductors as Mark
Elder, Murray Sidlin, Mihal Dworzynski, Friedrich Haider,
and Jorge Velazco.
Highlights for the current season
include a Paris debut recital at the Salle Cortot, an engagement
with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and concerts across
Europe and the United States.
A native of Portland, Oregon, Andrew
Brownell began studying the piano at the age of four. His
teachers have included Nellie Tholen of Portland, Oregon;
Nancy Weems and Horacio Gutiérrez at the University
of Houston; and John Perry at the University
of Southern California (Los Angeles).
Mr. Brownell is currently pursuing doctoral work in the class
of Joan Havill at the Guildhall
School of Music and Drama in London.
An enthusiastic collaborative
artist, Andrew Brownell was a member of a prize-winning trio
at the 1996 Fischoff
Chamber Music Competition. Also an accomplished
organist, Mr. Brownell has served at several prominent churches
in the southwest US, including St.
James’ Episcopal Church, Los Angeles;
he has appeared as a recitalist across the United States,
and was recently made an Associate of the Royal College of
Organists.
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