Following the news of his death, social media tributes poured in from the Canadian classical music community, including the Hamilton-based festival that bears his name
“It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the sudden and tragic passing of the one and only musical genius and Canadian artistic visionary Boris Brott,” the festival posted on Facebook. “He will be sorely missed by all who appreciated his unsurpassed talent and by those who loved him.”
Brott was the artistic director of the Orchestre Classique de Montréal, which released a statement saying it was, as an organization, in a state of disbelief:
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