Since winning 2nd Prize at the 2006 Leeds Competition, Andrew Brownell has pursued an active and varied international performing career. Mr. Brownell is also a laureate of the 2002 International J.S. Bach Competition (Leipzig), and winner of the 2005 J.N. Hummel Competition, since which he has received widespread recognition as “one of the foremost Hummel interpreters of our time” (Hudobný Život).
Highlights from 2025 include a chamber music debut at the Musikverein in Vienna and a solo performance at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic, which was broadcast live on national television and radio. Mr. Brownell’s performances have aired on BBC radio and television, Classic FM (UK), NPR, CBC, and ORF Austria, among others. He has been soloist with orchestras such as the Hallé, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Calgary Philharmonic, and the Slovak Philharmonic; and he has collaborated with such conductors as Sir Mark Elder, Owain Arwel Hughes CBE, André Bernard, and Murray Sidlin.
A native of Portland, Oregon, Brownell began studying the piano at the age of four. His teachers have included Nancy Weems and Horacio Gutiérrez at the University of Houston; John Perry at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles); and Joan Havill at the Guildhall School of Music in London. An enthusiastic collaborative artist, Andrew Brownell was a member of a prize-winning trio at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition (USA) and has appeared in concert with principals of orchestras such as the Philharmonia, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and Vienna Philharmonic. He has taught at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp and The University of Texas at Austin.
Highlights from 2025 include a chamber music debut at the Musikverein in Vienna and a solo performance at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic, which was broadcast live on national television and radio. Mr. Brownell’s performances have aired on BBC radio and television, Classic FM (UK), NPR, CBC, and ORF Austria, among others. He has been soloist with orchestras such as the Hallé, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Calgary Philharmonic, and the Slovak Philharmonic; and he has collaborated with such conductors as Sir Mark Elder, Owain Arwel Hughes CBE, André Bernard, and Murray Sidlin.
A native of Portland, Oregon, Brownell began studying the piano at the age of four. His teachers have included Nancy Weems and Horacio Gutiérrez at the University of Houston; John Perry at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles); and Joan Havill at the Guildhall School of Music in London. An enthusiastic collaborative artist, Andrew Brownell was a member of a prize-winning trio at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition (USA) and has appeared in concert with principals of orchestras such as the Philharmonia, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and Vienna Philharmonic. He has taught at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp and The University of Texas at Austin.
