Brett Dean

Brett Dean (born 23 October 1961) is a contemporary Australian composer, violist and conductor. He was born in Brisbane, Queensland. In 1981 he was a prize winner in the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards. From 1985 to 1999, Dean was a violist in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Dean was Artistic Director of the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne until June 2010 when his brother, Paul, got the job."ANAM Announces New Artistic Director" at Australian Stage, 26 March 2010

On 5 March 2020, it was confirmed that Dean was hospitalized in Adelaide with the COVID-19 illness.

References

Other websites
 Australian Music Centre 
 Biography, Boosey & Hawkes
 Brett Dean's Homepage with his agency, Intermusica
 Complete live performance of Brett Dean's violin concerto The Lost Art of Letter Writing by Australian violinist Sophie Rowell with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arvo Volmer

Category:1961 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian composers
Category:Violinists
Category:Australian conductors
Category:Musicians from Brisbane