Stephanie Brown

BIOGRAPHY

Stephanie Brown has performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center. She has had the honor of performing at the White House. She has appeared with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the New York String Orchestra and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra in Lincoln Center.

Stephanie Brown has performed as a soloist in Europe, Japan, and Central America.

Ms. Brown’s teachers include the distinguished pianists Rudolf Serkin, Leon Fleisher, and Ania Dorfmann at The Juilliard School. She has coached with Alfred Brendel.

Stephanie Brown was on the piano faculty of the Mannes College of Music for ten years. She served as Chair of the Piano Department at Purchase College for ten years, and is currently an Associate Professor at Purchase.

Ms. Brown has judged numerous concerto competitions at The Juilliard School. She has served as a judge for the prestigious Gina Bachauer Competition at Juilliard. She has also judged the concerto competition for the Juilliard Pre-College Division.

In addition, Ms. Brown has judged competitions at Manhattan School of Music, the Mannes College of Music, and Bard College Conservatory of Music.

Ms. Brown made her New York debut as a winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. 

The New York Times has called Ms. Brown’s playing “transfixingly beautiful”, and noted that “Ms. Brown is a wonderful pianist indeed, with a sound of her own and a distinctive artistic personality to match.” Regarding a performance of Beethoven’s 2nd Piano Concerto in Lincoln Center, the Times noted that Ms. Brown’s “fluent finger work was technically flawless.”

The New York Post called her playing “radiant”, and noted that “the breadth, nobility and sparkle of her keyboard work are extraordinary.” The Washington Post wrote that “Stephanie Brown is a pianist with big ideas and a technique to match.”

Ms. Brown has also received praise for her work with fellow pianists. Regarding a performance of Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos at Lincoln Center, the Times noted that “Yefim Bronfman and Stephanie Brown are both young, talented pianists … and their work together was enchanting.” Concerning a performance of Bach’s Concerto for Two Pianos in C Major, the Times noted that “the slow movement, with Stephanie Brown and Peter Serkin trading off their graceful lines, was a rare pleasure.”

Ms. Brown has toured extensively as a recital soloist. In addition to appearances at the 92nd Street Y in New York City and the Kennedy Center, she has performed at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, Shriver Hall in Baltimore, the Phillips Collection and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, the Krannert Center in Illinois, the Gardner Museum in Boston, and Kilbourn Hall in Rochester. As part of Ms. Brown’s extensive tours, she has given countless master classes to both piano soloists as well as chamber groups, and has given numerous lecture-demonstrations throughout the United States on various topics associated with the art and technique of piano playing.

Ms. Brown made her recording debut for MHS with solo works of Brahms and Franck. She recorded the complete Brahms Piano Quartets on Vanguard Classics with Alexander Schneider, Walter Trampler, and Leslie Parnas. Her recording with Jaime Laredo of the complete Schubert works for violin and piano was released on the Dorian label to wide critical acclaim.

Ms. Brown has had a distinguished career as a chamber artist. She has toured nationwide numerous times with Music from Marlboro. She has appeared at the Spoleto Festivals in Italy as well as Charleston, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Caramoor Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, the Seattle Festival and the Grand Teton Festival. She has performed with the Guarneri Quartet, the Galimir Quartet, the Concord Quartet, the Mendelssohn Quartet and the Ridge Quartet. In New York, she has appeared regularly at the Metropolitan Museum, Alice Tully Hall, Chamber Music at the Y, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Bargemusic. She has also performed at the Library of Congress in Washington, Dumbarton Oaks, the Boston Chamber Music Society, as well as with the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble in New York.

For more information on Stephanie Brown and to hear audio clips of her performances, please visit her website at stephaniebrownpiano.com.