Sasha Scolnik-Brower is the Bernard Haitink Conducting Fellow of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, with whom he recently stepped in for Sir Simon Rattle to lead the Prizewinner’s Concert of the 2025 ARD Competition.

Alongside his work with the BRSO, Scolnik-Brower has recently made debuts with the London Symphony Orchestra, Luxembourg Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Staatsoper Hamburg (Die Fledermaus), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, National Symphony Orchestra (USA), and the Residentie Orkest in collaboration with the Dutch National Opera Academy (Il ritorno d’Ulisse).

Other notable performances include Rossini’s La scala di seta at the Bredeweg Festival in Amsterdam; a collaboration with Jennifer Koh and 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 for two years, where he was awarded the Robert Spano Conducting Prize. He previously studied English and Music at Harvard University.

He is represented by Askonas Holt.