Jane Gardner is a pianist and composer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. She studied at York University, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and holds a PhD in Composition from Goldsmiths College, London University. She won the prestigious Gullivar Award Bursary, nominated by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, to study Indonesian music in Java and Bali. 

As a silent film accompanist she has performed in cinemas such as the BFI London, the Hippodrome in Bo’ness, and at many other venues and festivals. She recently contributed to the 4-disk Blu-ray/DVD box set ‘Cinema’s First Nasty Women’.

Jane’s concert hall works have been commissioned groups such as the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, Piano Circus and the Mistry String Quartet. She has worked extensively in Theatre and Dance, and has composed for companies such as Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and acrobatic string group ‘The Gogmagogs’.

As a music copyist and orchestrator, she has collaborated with many artists, including composer/producer Jim Sutherland on Disney Pixar’s ‘BRAVE’ soundtrack and Scottish traditional musician Freeland Barbour on his book ‘The Music and the Land’. 

Jane brings her eclectic musical interests into teaching and has many piano students of all ages.

 Image courtesy of Hippfest/Falkirk Council