Phillip Wilcher | |
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 Wilcher in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Phillip Leslie Wilcher |
| Born | 16 March 1958 Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Classical, children's |
| Occupation(s) |
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| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Labels | Wirripang |
| Formerly of | The Wiggles |
| Website | phillipwilcher |
Phillip Leslie Wilcher (born 16 March 1958) is an Australian pianist and classical music composer who was a founding member of the children's music group the Wiggles. When Wilcher published his first work, "Daybreak", at the age of 14, he was one of the youngest classical composers in Australia.
Wilcher has published over 100 piano-related works and has performed both solo and with ensembles. Rita Crews for The Studio Quarterly Magazine described his style as "free-flowing, with an underlying romantic character, one in which melodic line and lyricism are all-important elements".[1] His music has been broadcast by radio stations ABC-FM and 2MBS-FM – the latter has aired two documentaries, Wilcher and the French Connection and Wilcher's World.