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Bio of composers > BROTT, Alexander
 Outstanding
as composer, performer and conductor, Alexander
Brott is the complete musician and has expressed
this in a dynamic career that has enriched the
musical experience in Montreal for over 60 years.
As founder/conductor of the McGill Chamber Orchestra,
concertmaster and assistant conductor of the
Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Professor at
McGill University's Faculty of Music, Alexander
Brott has brought distinction to the city's
musical institutions and pleasure to thousands
in Canada and abroad.
His over a hundred compositions have been played
all over the world by such outstanding conductors
as Leopold Stokowsky, Otto Klemperer, Pierre
Monteux, Sir Thomas Beecham and Charles Dutoit
and he was awarded two Olympic medals for composition:
in Helsinki and London.
He has received numerous awards and tributes,
among them the Canadian Music Council medal
for his contribution to music in Canada, and
the Queeen Elisabeth Silver Jubilee Medal. He
was named Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts,
member of the Order of Canada, Knight of the
National Order of Quebec and he received honourary
Doctorates from the University of Chicago, McGill
University and Queen's University.
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