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About Sasha

Bernard Haitink Conducting Fellow: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Sasha Scolnik-Brower is the Bernard Haitink Conducting Fellow with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he assists Sir Simon Rattle and conducts the orchestra in various projects and concerts.

Apart from his work with the BRSO, Sasha has recently made debuts with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Staatsoper Hamburg (Die Fledermaus), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, National Symphony Orchestra (USA), and 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 from The Juilliard School at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C, and Pierrot Lunaire at the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York City. In the 2025-2026 season, Sasha will debut with the London Symphony Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, and Luxembourg Philharmonic. 

Sasha is a graduate of the Juilliard School and of the Dutch National Masters of Orchestral Conducting. He was a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival for two years for which he was awarded the Robert Spano Conducting Prize. He previously studied English and Music at Harvard University.

Sasha is based in Amsterdam, Boston

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Dora Michael

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Season Highlights

Sep 2025
Herkulessaal, Munich
ARD COMPETITION: Prizewinners’ Concert Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Nov 2025
Barbican, London
LSO DISCOVERY SERIES Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique et al. Animateur: Rachel Leach London Symphony Orchestra
Mar 2026
Philharmonie Luxembourg
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Director: Anisha Bondy Luxembourg Philharmonic
May 2026
Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris
Mozart and Rossini Léa Desandre, mezzo-soprano Huw Montahue Rendall, baritone Belgian National Orchestra

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  • ARD Prizewinners Concert

    Munich
    Sep 2025
    • The young conductor does this with the utmost discretion, even if that's hardly the right word for his musical instinct, his stylistic confidence, and his precise craftsmanship

  • BRSO Academy Anniversary Concert

    Munich
    Sep 2025
    • Here, under the direction of the young Sasha Scolnik-Brower, Bernard Haitink Conducting Fellow at the BRSO since 2024/25, who recently conducted the orchestra with great success at the ARD Music Competition, the task was also to master a multitude of solo tasks with charm and a sense for chamber music texture, rhythmic conciseness and the tonal balance between strings, woodwind and brass, which was achieved without exception