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Iona Brown

British violinist and conductor (1941–2004)
Person human Q434489

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[16]
Date of birth
January 7, 1941
Date of death
June 5, 2004
Place of birth
Salisbury
Place of death
Salisbury
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[9]
Occupation
conductor, violinist, woman conductor, musician
Educated at
Salisbury Cathedral School, Cranborne Chase School[10][11]
Award received
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Spellemann Award for choir record of the year, Spellemann Award for choir record of the year, Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Instrumentalist), honorary doctorate[12][13][14][15]
Sibling
Timothy Brown[29]
Cause of death
cancer[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[27]
Family name
Brown[23]
Given name
Iona[24]
Instrument
violin[26]
Manner of death
natural causes[25]
Name in native language
Iona Brown[28]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Art+Feminism[30]
Record label
Decca, Philips Records, EMI, Philips Classics Records, Hänssler Classic[17][18][19][20][21]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 45
ISNI
0000000063041943
VIAF cluster ID
59268911
Library of Congress authority ID
n83162674
GND ID
129255947
Apple Music artist ID
4319078
BIBSYS ID
38108
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13891900j
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
brown-iona
CONOR.SI ID
84176995
CiNii Research ID
1140563741709228032
Deezer artist ID
244346
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
129255947
Show all 45 identifiers +33
Discogs artist ID
393383
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Elizabeth-Iona-Brown
Europeana entity
agent/base/150078
FAST ID
117093
Freebase ID
/m/035swv
GTAA ID
260354
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
13559
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Iona_Brown
Grove Music Online ID
53028
IdRef ID
078974674
KANTO ID
000206882
Libraries Australia ID
35712053
MusicBrainz artist ID
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Muziekweb performer ID
M00000245648
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA0803110X
NL CR AUT ID
pna2005262070
NLA Trove people ID
1053272
NUKAT ID
n2014003191
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007424173105171
National Library of Latvia ID
000194821
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810642728105606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX870887
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070124108
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
94171
Prabook ID
180025
SBN author ID
TO0V328742
SNAC ARK ID
w61k2nz5
Shazam artist ID
4319078
The Guardian topic ID
news/2004/jun/10/guardianobituaries
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID
1374
Tidal artist ID
3671087
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJppCDWrmg84mKQCDDVwG3
Yale LUX ID
person/e68052af-dd53-490a-80ed-83ae3cc56e56

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🔗 Connections
Mb:conductor position 3
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, South Denmark Philharmonic
Record label 3
EMI, Decca, Philips Records
Award received 2
honorary doctorate, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Mb:member of band 2
Philharmonia Orchestra, Melos Ensemble
Occupation 2
conductor, violinist
Cause of death 1
cancer
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Family name 1
Brown
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
violin
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Art+Feminism
Place of birth 1
Salisbury
Place of death 1
Salisbury
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Iona Brown was born on January 7, 1941[1], in Salisbury[2]. She died on June 5, 2004[3], in Salisbury[4]. She worked as a conductor[5], violinist[6], woman conductor[7], and musician[8].

FAQs

Where was Iona Brown born?

Iona Brown's place of birth was Salisbury[2].

Where did Iona Brown die?

Iona Brown passed away in Salisbury[4].

What did Iona Brown do for work?

Iona Brown worked as a conductor[5], violinist[6], woman conductor[7], and musician[8].

Where did Iona Brown go to school?

Iona Brown was educated at Salisbury Cathedral School[10] and Cranborne Chase School[11].

What awards did Iona Brown receive?

Honors received include Officer of the Order of the British Empire[12], Spellemann Award for choir record of the year[13], and Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Instrumentalist)[14].

Related Entities

Decca EMI Philips Records United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Royal Philharmonic Society Website. Retrieved . royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . www5.open.ac.uk. www5.open.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 21d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Iona
    Family name → Brown
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → Art+Feminism
    Sibling → Timothy Brown
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