Tim Kliphuis
viool, violin

Award-winning Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis has created a brand new style that embraces classical, gypsy jazz and folk. As a composer, he searches for ways to get people to actively care for the planet. For his newest piece ‘Kosmos’, he asked 5 Dutch star scientists about this, and translated their stories and knowledge into music. The ‘Kosmos’ live performances with an ensemble of 17 young professional musicians will make people think. In 2022, his climate change suite ‘The Five Elements’ accompanied the Royal mission to Stockholm and in 2023, he performed it for the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Tim is Professor of String Improvisation at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam and Director of the gypsy jazz summer school Grappelli-Django Camp. In 2022, he started the world’s first comprehensive online course for jazz violin, Tim Kliphuis Studio.

An invitation to the Richard Strauss Festival in Germany started the Tim Kliphuis Trio (Nigel Clark, guitar and Roy Percy, double bass) whose mission is a ‘total music’ without stylistic barriers. In between Trio tours and orchestral projects, the Tim Kliphuis Sextet with Nigel Clark, Roy Percy and string players Janneke van Prooijen, Frank Brakkee and Charles Watt continues to wow audiences across Europe: a colorful crossover approach to classical and jazz music.

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Performances Tim Kliphuis