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 rock group 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" was his international breakthrough. It has been played all over the world by such renowned organists as Thomas Trotter, David Sanger and John Scott and has already been recorded 20 times on CD. In 2007 Boosey and Hawkes published a reissue. Commissions from Norway (Aqua Messe) and England (Orgelbüchlein project) followed. Compositions for piano were published by Schott and De Haske. In 2012 Boosey & Hawkes published two new works for organ "Toccata Chromatica" and "Ride in a High-Speed Train", followed by "Interludes" in 2014. His works for accordion are being published exclusively by ‘Jetelina’ . In 2016 “The Lorenz Corporation” published ‘Triptych’ an album for chamber organ. In 2017 Schott published an album for piano named "Dedicated to you". In 2021 ‘Oxford University Press’ published ‘Fiducie’ and ‘Toccatina’ for organ.
