Phillip Wilcher

Who is Phillip Wilcher?

Phillip Leslie Wilcher is an Australian pianist and classical music composer and 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. Early in 1991 Wilcher had joined The Wiggles after he met Anthony Field, who suggested they could record the group's self-titled debut album. Wilcher was a major contributor for the music of the album. However, he left shortly after its release in July to focus on his classical music career.

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". 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. Because of his interest in musical composition, he does not use any technical device or vehicle at home.