“When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There were three or four songs she wrote about my father - songs about failed love.”

Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer

Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer. He is known for his distinctive pop work and for moving comfortably between popular music and classical composition. He has released eleven studio albums, along with many recordings that appear on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set Shakespeare’s sonnets to music for a theatre piece by Robert Wilson.