“Superb … a thoughtful, provocative meeting of minds”
SUNDAY TIMES
Award-winning Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis has created a brand new style that embraces classical, gypsy jazz and folk.
Tim Kliphuis is one of the best-known improvising violinists in the world. His award-winning brand of high-octane jazz and classical mash-ups has taken him to America, Europe, Brazil, Russia, the UK and South Africa. Tim has shared the stage with Les Paul, Richard Galliano, Stochelo Rosenberg, Roby Lakatos, Frankie Gavin, Daniel Hope and Lawrence Renes.
As a composer, Kliphuis has dedicated his work to raising awareness of climate change solutions and thinking about our future on this planet. His pandemic composition “The Five Elements” (2020) accompanied the Dutch King and Queen on their 2022 state visit to Sweden, and Kliphuis and his musicians opened the United Nations 2023 Water Summit in front of 190 countries at the General Assembly in New York.
In 2006, he formed the Tim Kliphuis Trio which is now in its 18 th year and has over 15 acclaimed recordings to its name. As Sony Classical artists, the Trio released two albums with orchestra: ‘Reflecting the Seasons’ (2016) and ‘Concertos’ (2018), which includes the Kliphuis Violin Concerto ‘Ulysses’. Their newest album ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ (2024) brings famous art works to life, inspired by the music of Mussorgsky.
Highlights include collaborations with The Netherlands and Tallinn Chamber orchestras and the symphony orchestras of The Hague, Omsk and Cape Town. In 2021, Kliphuis premiered his new Triple Concerto for violin, cello, piano and the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in the prestigious Matinee series at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. The title: Phoenix Reborn.
Kliphuis is Professor of String Improvisation at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam and gives masterclasses at competitions and festivals worldwide. His two books on Gypsy Jazz Violin are Mel Bay best-sellers.
In recognition of his boundary-crossing approach to music, Kliphuis was awarded the Scottish International Jazz Award, the South African Woordfees Trophy and the Polish International Jazz Prize.
Kliphuis is a Pirastro and DPA Microphones Artist.
