Iona brown biography

From toBrown's principal residence was in the Wiltshire village of Bowerchalke. When she took part in the BBC Radio 4 programme Kaleidoscopeexplaining how hard it was to play her signature piece The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williamsshe said that the singing of larks she heard during long walks on nearby Marleycombe Down influenced the way she played it.

She died of cancer in at age 63 in Salisbury.

Iona brown biography

She was married twice, and was survived by her second husband, Bjorn Arnils. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikidata item. British violinist and conductor — Salisbury, England. Early life and education [ edit ]. Her expertise and insight into the birds and their landscape, and of course the music meant that she iona brown biography the technically difficult piece soar and flow, apparently easily.

Perhaps fittingly, it was the last piece she performed as a solo violinist, with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. Undeterred, she continued to work with the music she loved, inspiring and leading fellow musicians, as a conductor. Salisbury was the setting for her final concert where she conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Mayon the same day she had a diagnosis of cancer.

Iona Brown remained in Salisbury until her death in Iona has left a tremendous legacy in music, and her discography includes her work as violinist and director. Inglis, Anne Iona Brown — obituary. Simultaneously, from toshe led the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. InBrown's career as an instrumentalist came to an end due to progressive arthritis.

Beyond her musical accomplishments, Brown was known for her impeccable wardrobe, often selecting elegant concert gowns. As a conductor, Brown collaborated with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields to record four of Mozart's horn concertos, with her brother Timothy Brown on the horn. In a tribute following her death from cancer, Sir Neville Marriner, Brown's long-time mentor at the Academy, wrote, "Iona embodied the very essence of the Academy's musical style.

As a violinist she combined romantic fervor with warmth and passion, yet in the early repertoire she displayed an elegant mastery of the 18th-century conventions without 'museumizing' the music. She was an inspiration to generations of orchestral musicians, though the intensity of her technical and aesthetic demands was sometimes enough to break the spirits of the fainthearted, just as her personal charm was enough to break the occasional heart.

She traveled the musical world with all the intrepidity of one who hated flying; and while paying ample homage to the grape, she never let it blur her judgment or her waistline.