Boris Brott Biography
Boris Brott is a motivational speaker and symphony conductor. He frequently guest conducts orchestras throughout the world, and speaks to corporate audiences on leadership and creativity.
Background and career
Boris has contributed greatly to Canadian musical life as founder of the Symphony Nova Scotia, Principal Guest Conductor of the McGill Chamber Orchestra, a frequent guest conductor of the Toronto Symphony, and Artistic Director of the Ventura Symphony in Los Angeles, California, and is Artistic Director of the Boris Brott Summer Music Festival in Canada.
Boris can inspire any business audience, and have fun in an inventive way. Since the early ‘90s, Boris has crafted hundreds of customized, invigorating scripts that have inspired thousands of corporate audiences throughout the world. How? Through creative inventions of his mind, and specific input from each client. Boris’s unique, interactive presentations are shaped for each client’s message and cover one or all of the following topics: creativity, teamwork, leadership. And language is no barrier—Boris communicates fluently in four languages: English, French, German and Italian.
Internationally, Boris has served as Assistant Conductor to the New York Philharmonic under the late Leonard Bernstein, Music Director and Conductor for the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, Chief Conductor of the BBC National Symphony of Wales and Music Director of the Northern Sinfonia of England. His extensive guest-conducting appearances have been around the world. In 2000, he conducted Leonard Bernstein's The Mass for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
In 1988, Boris was awarded the Officer of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civic honor. That same year, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law at McMaster University. Two years later, he was made a Knight of Malta. In 1992, he was selected International Man of the Year by the International Biographical Center in Cambridge, England. In 1996, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts of Great Britain. In 2006, he was appointed to the Order of Ontario.
Besides numerous film and radio commitments, Mr. Brott has conducted, produced, and and hosted over 100 television programs on both sides of the Atlantic. He has recorded for CBC, Septre-Mace, Mercury, Pro-Arte Records and Sony Classical where CDs with the late Glenn Gould have been released.
Speaking Topics
Boris' interactive presentation draws comparisons between business organizations and symphony orchestras.
- Creativity
- teamwork
- leadership
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Boris Brott News
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18th April 2013
Business speaker and one of the UK’s leading sports executives, Mike Forde has compared the ideas and practices used in professional football to those used in business environments.
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14th March 2013
TV presenter and choir master, Gareth Malone, accepted his OBE this week with his glowing wife by his side.
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16th January 2013
Roger Martin is due to speak at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, along with Joseph Stiglitz and Tim Berners-Lee.
Charles Hazlewood and the British Paraorchestra Release Christmas Single
6th December 2012
Charles Hazlewood, the British Paraorchestra, the Kaos Signing Choir for Deaf and Hearing Children and athletes from ParalympicsGB have released ‘True Colours’, with the hope of sending it to Christmas Number 1.
John Mattone on Thinkers 50 List
5th July 2012
Keynote speaker John Mattone has been named in the prestigious biennial Thinkers50 "Guru Radar" list as one of their 25 emerging stars in leadership development.
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14th June 2012
Keynote speaker Professor Colin Coulson-Thomas, writes a report showing how to succeed without recruiting expensive stars.
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Time magazine has announced its 100 most influential people in the word, in a list including entertainers, businesspeople, political leaders, sporting figures and controversial personalities.
Richard Reed Tells of Innocent Success
19th December 2011
Innocent co-founder Richard Reed tells Director Magazine how his company kept control after breaking corporate tradition by selling a £30m stake to Coca-Cola in 2009. Innocent has maintained its position as arguably the most successful UK brand of the new millennium, and Speakers Corner proudly presents a host of Innocent speakers, all ideally placed to motivate and entertain on the corporate circuit. Joe McEwan, Dan Germain and Jessica Sansom, as well as Reed himself are all in high demand for corporate events.
Boris Brott Reviews
Boris Brott has spoken and appeared at a number of recent corporate events. Please find some client speaker testimonials and reviews for Boris Brott for a number of these events and conferences. If you would like some additional information as to how to book Boris Brott for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0)20 7607 7070 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
Boris Brott was phenomenal. Well worth attending!
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