Born into a family of violinists, British violinist Timothy Crawford’s formative musical years were spent both playing violin and singing as a chorister. While still a teenager, he was fortunate to start working on trios and quartets with his still close colleagues Timothy Ridout and Tim Posner. They now make up The Tim Trio, one of the few active world class string trios.
Tim recently left his position as leader of Denmark’s pre-eminent chamber ensemble, Esbjerg Ensemble, which he held for the past few years. More recently he has begun guest leading larger ensembles, such as Kammerakademie Potsdam and Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
Aside from this, Tim also plays in the Valo Quartet with Maria Włoszczowska, Lilli Maijala and Amy Norrington. While the quartet is new, they have already lined up a North American tour, performances at leading venues such as Wigmore Hall and had works commissioned. Tim also occasionally plays with the Nash Ensemble, resident chamber ensemble of the Wigmore Hall, London.
Tim plays on a 1770 violin by Ferdinand Gagliano.
