Sasha Scolnik-Brower

Conductor Sasha Scolnik-Brower, praised for his “musical instinct, stylistic confidence, and precise craftsmanship” (Süddeutsche Zeitung), recently completed his term as the Bernard Haitink Conducting Fellow of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he stepped in for Sir Simon Rattle to lead the Prizewinner’s Concert of the 2025 ARD Competition.

Highlights of Scolnik-Brower’s 2026–2027 season include debuts with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, and Noord Nederlands Orkest, alongside a return to the London Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Luxembourg Philharmonic, and Residentie Orkest (in collaboration with the Dutch National Opera Academy).

Other recent projects include debuts with the Belgian National Orchestra, Staatsoper Hamburg (Die Fledermaus), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, and National Symphony Orchestra (USA), as well as Rossini’s La scala di seta at the Bredeweg Festival in Amsterdam, a collaboration with students of The Juilliard School at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Pierrot Lunaire at the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York City, and a tour with the Bavarian State Youth Orchestra performing Mahler’s Symphony No. 6.

Scolnik-Brower is a graduate of The Juilliard School and the Dutch National Master’s in Orchestral Conducting. He was a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival, where he was awarded the Robert Spano Conducting Prize. He previously studied English and Music at Harvard University.

August 2026