Brent Barraclough
Brent Barraclough is a classical pianist and film producer who was born in Canada in 1962 and is of British Citizenship. He studied piano at the Juilliard School and McGill University. His principal piano teachers were Ruth Laredo, "America's First Lady of the Piano" and Thomas C. Plaunt. He also studied business and philosophy at New York University, University of Toronto, and Sauder School of Business.
He is known for his work as actor and producer in both The French Guy and 2 Days Later with Jools Holland. He was a national Director of The Drake Music Project and Chief Executive of "Live Music Now!" in London, England. He was also host of the Shaw Cable TV show Noteworthy in the early 1980s.
He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2001. The RSA is a prestigious society that includes among its former members Benjamin Franklin, Charles Dickens and John Diefenbaker.
He is a member of .
In 2012 he served on the Hnatyshyn Foundation Piano Jury with Anton Kuerti and Louise Bissette.
