Garreth Brooke is a British/German musician. As a composer and pianist, he’s released music with 1631 Recordings, THESIS, and Bigo & Twigetti. He often uses the pen name Garreth Broke and frequently collaborates with his artist partner, Anna Salzmann.
"Lovely... genuinely uplifting..." - Stationary Travels
“A sensitive and profound artist” - PianoDao
“A peculiar kind of nostalgic charm” — Elizabeth Alker, BBC Radio 3
He has performed live all over Europe with musicians including Hania Rani, Clemens Christian Poetzsch, Tom Blankenberg, Nathan Shubert, Simeon Walker, Pianofield, CEEYS, Jakob Lindhagen and Vargkvint.
Thanks so much for your amazing set - some really beautiful music - I have heard nothing but praise about your performance from a number of people who were there. - Steve Luck (Great Northern Piano Sessions @ Gosforth Civic Theatre)
He is the editor of the contemporary sheet music project Upright, which has featured award-winning composers like Michael Price, Liam Byrne and Danny Mulhern, popular pianist-composers including Akira Kosemura, Oskar Schuster, Julian Marchal and Simeon Walker as well as acclaimed educational composers like Barbara Arens, Nikolas Sideris and Alison Mathews.
"It's projects like this that show how wonderful the contemporary music community is." - Contemplative Classical
His writes occasional guest posts on PianoDao and his article about suicide prevention and mental health was published on Huffington Post UK.
He teaches piano lessons in English in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
“Garreth is a fantastic piano teacher" - Brenda Christensen, professional soprano and vocal technique teacher
He studied Music at St Edmund Hall in the University of Oxford, earning an MA, and holds teaching qualifications from the Royal Conservatory of Music.