Kathryn Brown
Cleveland Institute of Music
Kathryn Brown has performed around the globe as concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. She performed her New York Recital Debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and has also appeared in concert at New York’s 92nd Street Y. She has been featured on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, Cleveland’s Severance Hall as well as the German Embassy, the Philips Collection, and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. International highlights include concerts at Prague’s Rudolfinum Hall, the University of London, and the National Theatre in Ghana, Africa. She has appeared on Columbia Artists’ Community Concert Series and performed an extensive tour of Sweden, Africa and Estonia as winner of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Artistic Ambassadour Program.
Kathryn Brown has also performed extensively as a chamber musician. Pianist and co-founder of the Myriad Chamber Players, (a seventeen-member ensemble comprised of musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra and international soloists), Ms. Brown’s chamber music credits also include performances at the Marlboro Music Festival in collaborations with members of the Guarneri String Quartet and Beaux Arts Trio. She has also performed with members of the Lincoln Center Chamber Players, The Verdehr Trio and was featured with Dmitri Ashkenazy on Ravinia’s Rising Stars series. Brown also performed at Carnegie Hall with the Cleveland Orchestra as orchestral keyboardist under the baton of Christoph von Dohnanyi. She has been featured on the British Broadcasting Network, the PBS Artistry of… series, Chicago’s WFMT Radio,and NPR’s Performance Today.
An accomplished singer and recitalist, Kathryn Brown’s performance highlights include premieres at Severance Hall with The Cleveland Orchestra, as well as feature roles at the Aspen Music Festival and Tanglewood Music Center.
Kathryn Brown currently serves as Head of Piano Department and Keyboard Division at The Cleveland Institute of Music.