Brian Sager was born in Madison, Wisconsin,
and began piano studies at the age of three.

In college, Brian studied musical composition,
linguistics, biochemistry, and molecular
neurobiology, ultimately earning a B.S. in
molecular biology. He earned a Ph.D. in
Biochemistry at Stanford University, where he
studied composition and concurrently completed
his first symphony. Upon graduation, Brian
held a Whitney Fellowship at Harvard University,
where he studied neurobiology and the
biophysics of pattern formation while
completing his second symphony.

Brian currently lives in the San Francisco
bay area, where he continues to compose and
produce new classical music.