[1] Brian Elias was born in Bombay, India, and has lived in the U.K. since he was thirteen years old.
[3] His first major orchestral work L'Eylah was premiered at the BBC Proms in 1984.
He has since had his works performed and recorded extensively by leading orchestras and soloists including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Britten Sinfonia, Jane Manning, Roderick Williams, Natalie Clein, and the Jerusalem Quartet.
Elias collaborated with Kenneth MacMillan on his final ballet The Judas Tree, premiered in 1992 at the Royal Opera House.
He has taught composition at the Royal Academy of Music and the Purcell School, and his students have included Joby Talbot and Darren Bloom.