Timothy Ridout /ˈrɪdaʊt/[1] (born 1995) is a British violist and 1st Prizewinner of the prestigious Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition.
Ridout studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Martin Outram and graduated in 2016 with the Queen's Commendation for Excellence.
[10][11] Ridout became a BBC New Generation Artist in 2019,[12] 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).
[14] Ridout released his second album, a quartet of orchestrally accompanied pieces, in February 2020, with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
[15] 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.
[16] The following August, Ridout performed the work with the Kanneh-Masons at a Family Prom at the Royal Albert Hall.
The twelve listed, were: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Stamitz, Lionel Tertis, Rebecca Clarke, Paul Hindemith, William Primrose, Nobuko Imai, Kim Kashkashian, Yuri Bashmet, Tabea Zimmermann, Lawrence Power and Timothy Ridout.
[26] In June 2023, Ridout was made a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
[27] At the Gramophone Classical Music Awards on 4 October 2023, Ridout won the Concerto award for his recording of the Elgar ‘Viola Concerto’ and the Bloch Suite for Viola and Orchestra, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins.
[29] In July 2024, at the Kissinger Sommer International Music Festival, Ridout was awarded the Luitpold Prize.
[30] In Berlin, at the Philharmonie, in December 2024, Ridout performed the world premiere of Mark Simpson's Viola Concerto, Hold Your Heart in Your Teeth, which was written for Ridout,[31] with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conducted by Robin Ticciati.
Berlioz, Harold en Italie, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, conducted by John Nelson.
Released January 2024 Solo Album: Telemann / Bach / Britten / Shaw: Works for Unaccompanied Viola – Timothy Ridout.
Julian Steckel, Anna Reszniak, Antje Weithaas, Tanja Tetzlaff, Byol Kang, Barbara Buntrock and Timothy Ridout.
5; Hahn, R: Piano Quintet in F sharp minor; Shostakovich: Two pieces for string octet, Op.
Hanna Weinmeister, Tanja Tetzlaff, Florian Donderer, Byol Kang, Gergana Gergova, Timothy Ridout and Arturo Pizarro.
Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Benjamin Gilmore (violin); Timothy Ridout (viola); Kristina Blaumane (cello), Tom Gibbs (double bass), Michael Collins (Clarinet), Robin O’Neill (bassoon), Alberto Menéndez Escribano (French horn).
Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), *Timothy Ridout (viola).
Timothy Ridout (viola), John Nelson conducting the [Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg- Warner (Erato) 2022 Edmund Rubbra – The Jade Mountain, Songs.
Claire Barnett-Jones (mezzo-soprano), Iain Burnside (piano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Timothy Ridout (viola), Catrin Finch (harp).
Francesca Dego (violin), Timothy Ridout (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Federico Colli (piano).