Ad Wammes

Ad Wammes (1953) studied composition with Ton de Leeuw, Theo Loevendie and Klaas de Vries, piano with Edith Lateiner-Grosz and electronic music with Ton Bruynèl. He played keyboards with the symphonic rockgroup Finch. Between 1983 and 1985 he wrote the music for 5 Sesame Street albums. From 1986 to 2002 he realised the music (composing, playing and recording) of 35 serials for TeleacNOT. In recent years he has concentrated more and more on composing "concert music". His piece for organ "Miroir" meant his international breakthrough. It is being played all over the world by such renowned organists as Thomas Trotter, David Sanger and John Scott and has already been recorded 4 times on CD. Recently Boosey and Hawkes published a reissue. Momently he is working on a three part educational serial for piano named "Different Colours" Earlier piano music (Easy Rock) was published by Schott.

Sesamstraat
Ad Wammes composed a lot of music for many childerenshows on records and television. For Sesamstraat he wrote the music for a several records:
 * 'n Logeerpartijtje
 * Sint Is Zoek
 * Moet je horen...
 * Spelletjes
 * Op Avontuur met Tommie