Boris Brott
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Boris Brott (born March 14, 1944) is a Canadian conductor and motivational speaker.
Born in Montreal, the son of Alexander Brott, he was the music director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and artistic director of the Stratford Summer Music Festival.
A protege of Leonard Bernstein, Boris Brott has developed six Canadian orchestras, most notably the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, where he was Music Director for 21 years. In 1988, he founded the Brott Music Festival, which has since become Canada's largest orchestral music festival. It is a cultural cornerstone in Hamilton and surrounding areas for the months of July and August. From that, he created the National Academy Orchestra of Canada, recognized in 1999 as a National School by the Department of Canadian Heritage. The NAO pairs music graduates pursuing a career with professional musicians from across North America's finest orchestras in a mentor-apprentice relationship.
Brott is currently the Music Director of the New West Symphony in Los Angeles, the McGill Chamber Orchestra in Montreal and is Principal Youth & Family conductor with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. He has also developed a corollary career as a motivational speaker.
In 2000, he received international attention when he conducted the historic first performance of Bernstein's Mass in Vatican City for an audience which included the late Pope John Paul II.
In 1986, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2006, he was made a member of the Order of Ontario. [1]
