Elliott Forrest

Elliott Forrest is a Peabody Award winning broadcaster, director, producer, designer, and filmmaker. He is the midday host on New York’s Classical Radio Station 105.9FM, WQXR, and host of the national radio concerts of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. 

Forrest is the Co-Creator, Producer, and Projection Designer of the National Tours of An Evening with Itzhak Perlman, Michael Feinstein Celebrates Judy Garland and Tony Bennett. Forrest regularly produces, directs and designs symphony concerts, including for the LA Philharmonic, The NY Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, New Haven Symphony, Pasadena Pops and the Little Orchestra Society.  

Directing credits include the award-winning documentary Face to Face: Forgotten Voices heard, which premiered at Carnegie Hall; Considering Matthew Shepard (Director/Projection Designer) for the NY Production with Trinity Wall Street, National Conspirare Tour, and PBS-TV Special.  

Forrest Executive Produced The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park on the Radio production of Richard II and the It Happened Here podcast with Tony Shalhoub, John Turturro, and Edie Falco. His stage directing credits include Aids News at MCC Theater and A Christmas Carol with David Hyde Pierce, F. Murray Abraham, Brian Cox, Tony Roberts, and Kathleen Turner.  

Forrest is the Founding Executive Artistic Director of ArtsRock.org of Rockland County, NY.