Pianist and composer John Wolf Brennan was born in Dublin. He studied music at the University of Fribourg, and piano, conducting and organ at the Musikhochschule Lucerne in Switzerland. He also attended composition masterclasses with Edison Denisov, Klaus Huber, Heinz Holliger, Hanspeter Kyburz and Ennio Morricone. His compositions cover a wide spectrum of musical concepts and methods ranging from music for solo piano to chamber pieces and choral settings. He has also written numerous works for theatre, dance and multi-media performances.

John Wolf Brennan recently completed his second opera ‘Night.Shift’, based on W.H. Auden’s ‘The Age of Anxiety’. Current projects include ‘SILK/ST/RINGS’ for pipa and guitar trio, ‘platzDADA!’ (slam poetry by Hans Arp, Kurt Schwitters & Daniil Charms) and “Wurzelklänge”, a comprehensive collection of children's pieces based on Celtic roots. His discography lists more than fifty CDs. He lives in Weggis, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland with his wife, pianist Beatrice Wolf, and their three girls Moreen, Enya and Jayne.

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