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Timothy Ridout
Timothy Ridout /ˈrɪdaʊt/ (born 1995) is a British violist and 1st Prizewinner of the prestigious Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition. He has performed worldwide as both a soloist and chamber musician.
Ridout began his viola studies in his mid-teens at the Junior Department of the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Jonathan Barritt. He was also principal violist with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. In 2014, he won first prize in the inaugural year of the Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition. Ridout continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Martin Outram and graduated in 2016 with the Queen's Commendation for Excellence. He completed his master's at the Kronberg Academy with Nobuko Imai in 2019.
In 2016 he won 1st Prize in the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition. He was the first British violist to win the first prize since the competition was established in 1980.
He made his debut recital at the Wigmore Hall in London in March 2017 with Anthony Hewitt (piano), and also that year released his debut album 'Vieuxtemps – Complete Works for Viola' with Champs Hill Records.
Ridout became a BBC New Generation Artist in 2019, which overlapped with being selected in 2020 by the Bowers Program of the prestigious Chamber Music Society of the Lincoln Center for a three-season residency (2021 to 2024).
In January 2020, he was the first winner of the inaugural Sir Jeffrey Tate Prize in Hamburg, established by the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra in memory of its last conductor, Jeffrey Tate.
Ridout released his second album, a quartet of orchestrally accompanied pieces, in February 2020, with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. In August 2020, Ridout collaborated in a recording of The Carnival of the Animals for the Decca label with the Kanneh-Masons, at Abbey Road Studios. The following August, Ridout performed the work with the Kanneh-Masons at a Family Prom at the Royal Albert Hall.
His third album, A Poet's Love, with music by Prokofiev and Schumann arranged for viola (Ridout) and piano (Frank Dupree), released in August 2021, was a Gramophone Magazine Critics' Choice, a Presto Editor's Choice and was nominated in the Chamber Music category at the International Classical Music Awards 2022.
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Timothy Ridout
Timothy Ridout /ˈrɪdaʊt/ (born 1995) is a British violist and 1st Prizewinner of the prestigious Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition. He has performed worldwide as both a soloist and chamber musician.
Ridout began his viola studies in his mid-teens at the Junior Department of the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Jonathan Barritt. He was also principal violist with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. In 2014, he won first prize in the inaugural year of the Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition. Ridout continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Martin Outram and graduated in 2016 with the Queen's Commendation for Excellence. He completed his master's at the Kronberg Academy with Nobuko Imai in 2019.
In 2016 he won 1st Prize in the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition. He was the first British violist to win the first prize since the competition was established in 1980.
He made his debut recital at the Wigmore Hall in London in March 2017 with Anthony Hewitt (piano), and also that year released his debut album 'Vieuxtemps – Complete Works for Viola' with Champs Hill Records.
Ridout became a BBC New Generation Artist in 2019, which overlapped with being selected in 2020 by the Bowers Program of the prestigious Chamber Music Society of the Lincoln Center for a three-season residency (2021 to 2024).
In January 2020, he was the first winner of the inaugural Sir Jeffrey Tate Prize in Hamburg, established by the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra in memory of its last conductor, Jeffrey Tate.
Ridout released his second album, a quartet of orchestrally accompanied pieces, in February 2020, with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. In August 2020, Ridout collaborated in a recording of The Carnival of the Animals for the Decca label with the Kanneh-Masons, at Abbey Road Studios. The following August, Ridout performed the work with the Kanneh-Masons at a Family Prom at the Royal Albert Hall.
His third album, A Poet's Love, with music by Prokofiev and Schumann arranged for viola (Ridout) and piano (Frank Dupree), released in August 2021, was a Gramophone Magazine Critics' Choice, a Presto Editor's Choice and was nominated in the Chamber Music category at the International Classical Music Awards 2022.