Programme
• Sitt: Albumblätter for Viola and Piano, op 39
• Rubinstein: Viola Sonata in F minor, op 49
• Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, op 70
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, including Christoph Eschenbach, David Zinman, Gabor Takács-Nagy, Sylvain Cambreling and Sir Andras Schiff, 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. Festivals invitations encompass Lucerne, Lockenhaus, Heimbach, Bergen, Evian, Boswil Sommer, Heidelberger-Frühling, Montpellier, Aspen, the Enescu Festival and the Marlboro Academy; whilst his chamber music collaborators include Joshua Bell, Isabelle Faust, Janine Jansen, Christian Tetzlaff, Nicolas Altstaedt, Steven Isserlis, Kian Soltani, Benjamin Grosvenor, Lars Vogt and Christian Gerhaher, among many others. He also maintains a regular relationship with the Nash Ensemble.
Timothy released his debut album - Henri Vieuxtemps: Complete works for Viola - with pianist Ke Ma on Champs Hill Records in spring 2017. His second album - Music for Viola and Chamber Orchestra: Vaughan Williams, Martinu, Hindemith & Britten with Jamie Phillips and l’Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne - was released to general acclaim in February 2020 on Claves Records..
More information: www.timothyridout.com/
Chiao-Ying Chang (piano)
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Chiao-Ying Chang began her piano studies at the age of five and gave her debut recital at twelve. She continued her studies with Prof Yu-Chiou Tchen at the Affiliated High School of National Taiwan Normal University before winning a full scholarship to London's Royal Academy of Music where she studied with Christopher Elton and the late Maria Curcio. Later she was awarded the Hodgson fellowship and completed the MMus course with Distinction & a DipRAM, the Academy's highest award. She was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) in 2015 and was selected for representation by the Young Concert Artists Trust.
A top prize-winner at the Leeds, ARD Munich, AXA Dublin and Taiwan International Piano Competitions, Chiao-Ying has appeared as soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras including the Halle, Royal Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Bavarian Radio Symphony, National Irish Symphony and Munich Chamber Orchestra. She has given recitals at prestigious venues such as Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Jacqueline Du Pre Hall, St. George’s Bristol, Carnegie Hall in New York, National Concert Hall in Dublin, Konzerthaus in Berlin, and major festivals throughout the UK and continental Europe. Equally at home as a chamber musician, she has collaborated with renowned artists including James Buswell, Lawrence Power, Alison Balsom, So-Ock Kim and the Ysaye Quartet.
Chiao-Ying is a founding member of the Fournier Piano Trio, winner of the 2013 Parkhouse Award and 2nd prize of the 2011 Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition. Her duo collaboration with cellist Pei-Jee Ng won the Libero Lana Prize at the 2011 Trieste International Chamber Music Competition. Her CD recordings include the complete Schubert Impromptus for German label Audite, a collection of 29 works by Chopin for Musica Indo, inc. in Japan, and piano trios by Mendelssohn, Fauré and Ravel with Resonus Classics and USK Recordings.
More information: chiaoyingchang.com