A 2005 Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of the 2003 Barlow Prize, Brian Current (b. 1972) has established himself as one of North America's leading young composers. His music, lauded and performed internationally as well as broadcast in over 35 countries, is renowned for its energy, wit and daring bravado.

Raised in Ottawa, Current studied music at McGill University in Montreal with Bengt Hambreaus and John Rea. He completed his Ph.D. on full fellowship from the University of California at Berkeley in 2002, where he was also active as a conductor. In 2000 he was chosen as participant in the National Arts Centre's conductor training workshop with Jorma Panula and Pinchas Zukerman and has since been featured conducting his own music at the Glenn Gould Studio with New Music Concerts of Toronto.

His music has been performed across North America and abroad by the Oakland Symphony, the Esprit Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Winnipeg Symphony, the Warsaw National Philharmonic, the Daegu Contemporary Ensemble (Korea), the CBC Radio Orchestra, the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, the Canadian Chamber Ensemble, the Gryphon Trio, New Music Concerts, ARRAYMUSIC, Continuum, the SIRIUS ensemble, NUMUS, and others.

In 2002, his work For the Time Being opened the inaugural concert of the Warsaw Autumn Festival, conducted by Antoni Wit. The piece was released commercially on the Atma label by the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne. Most recently, the 2003 Barlow Prize awarded Current a commission for the Indianapolis Symphony and the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.

Brian Current lives in Toronto.