The Teyber Trio play Boccherini and Beethoven

The Programme

• Boccherini: String Trio in G major, op 34 no 2, G 102
• Beethoven: String Trio no 1 in E flat major, op 3

The Teyber Trio

• Tim Crawford (violin)
• Timothy Ridout (viola)
• Tim Posner (cello)

These three supremely gifted young instrumentalists – Tim Crawford (violin), Timothy Ridout (viola) and Tim Posner (cello) – have been playing together for some ten years, initially as members of the Celan Quartet and now as the Teyber Trio. (They took the inspiration for their name from the great 18th century violist Anton Teyber, who performed alongside Mozart in the world premiere of the Divertimento in E flat major in 1789.)

Tim Crawford (violin)

Tim Crawford was born to two violinist parents, so began his musical training very young. From the age of 4 he attended the Royal Academy of Music, eventually winning all available prizes before leaving at 18. He has since completed his undergraduate degree with Alexander Janiczek at the Guildhall School of Music in London, being awarded a Concert Recital Diploma, Ivan Sutton Chamber Prize and Lord Mayor’s Prize, and has subsequently been invited to return as a Chamber Fellow.

From 2011 to 2014 Tim was a member of the Celan Quartet, the quartet in residence at the 2014 Musikdorf Ernen Festival in Switzerland. He is now an increasingly sought-after instrumentalist, regularly appearing at top chamber festivals alongside artists such as Steven Isserlis, Lawrence Power, Alasdair Beatson, Timothy Ridout, and others. He also plays regularly with Arcangelo, a leading ensemble under the direction of founder, artistic director and conductor Jonathan Cohen. More recently, he has led Collegium, a group of the best recent string graduates from the London music colleges set up by violist Lawrence Power

More information: http://timcrawford.uk/

Timothy Ridout (viola)

Born in London in 1995, Timothy Ridout studied at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating with the Queen’s Commendation for Excellence. He completed his Masters at the Kronberg Academy with Nobuko Imai in 2019 and in 2018 took part in Kronberg Academy’s “Chamber Music Connects the World”. A BBC New Generation Artist since 2019, Timothy is now one of the most sought after violists of his generation. Having won first prize at the 2014 Cecil Aronowitz Competition, he went on to win the Lionel Tertis Competition in 2016 – the first ever British winner – and was selected by Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT). Later awards include the inaugural Sir Jeffrey Tate Prize in Hamburg, the 2019 Thierry Scherz Award at the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, confirming his position at the forefront of young European soloists.

Timothy has worked with some of the world’s leading conductors and has had concerto engagements with the Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester, Berlin; Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine; Orchestre National de Lille; the Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Camerata Salzburg; the BBC Symphony; Hamburger Symphoniker; Sinfonieorchester Aachen; the Philharmonia Orchestra; Luzerner Sinfonieorchester; and the Tapiola Sinfonietta and Siberian State Symphony Orchestra. Equally in demand as a recitalist and chamber musician, Timothy’s engagements include several appearances per season at the Wigmore Hall as well as throughout the UK, Europe and Japan. He also maintains a regular relationship with the Nash Ensemble.

More information: http://www.timothyridout.com/

Tim Posner (cello)

Born in 1995, Tim Posner began playing the cello at the age of eight, studying with his mother, Julia Desbruslais and at the junior department of the Royal Academy of Music with Robert Max, and later in the ‘Solo Class’ of Leonid Gorokhov at the Hochschule für Musik in Hanover. Tim made his debut concerto performance at the age of 14 and since then has performed as soloist with renowned orchestras including the NDR Radiophilharmonie, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Between 2017-2019 Tim was the recipient of the prestigious ‘Gundlach Musikpreis’ award and became the first ever British prizewinner at the International Karl Davidov Competition in Latvia. As a chamber musician, he plays in various ensembles and as well as a CD of Berg’s op 3 with the Celan Quartet, has made a number of recordings including a CD of duo and trio works with Ioana Cristina Goicea and Anastasia Sokolova.

Tim has given recitals across Europe and Asia and has already performed at numerous international chamber music festivals in collaboration with internationally acclaimed musicians including Lars Vogt, Alasdair Beatson, Ewa Kupiec, Esther Hoppe, Alexander Rudin, Andrej Bielow, Richard Lester, Elisabeth Kufferath, Matthew Hunt, Katherine Gowers, Bengt Forsberg and the Doric String Quartet. As an orchestral musician, Tim has performed as principal cellist of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and as a guest cellist in the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

More information: http://www.timposner.com/