Tim Gill
began to play the cello at the age of eight, subsequently studying with
Dimitry Markevitch in Paris, Christopher Bunting at Cambridge and David
Strange at the Royal Academy where he won the Suggia award. In 1989-90 Tim
was resident artist at the Banff Centre, Canada. As a result of winning the
Banff concerto competition, he was invited to play the Elgar concerto with
the Calgary Philharmonic and later to tour Canada as a recitalist.
His Purcell Room debut in 1990
was met with critical acclaim and resulted in an invitation from the Park
Lane Group to give the Priaulx Rainier recital the following year. Tim has
since given recitals and played concertos throughout the UK, Europe and
India. In 1995 he recorded Beethoven’s complete works for cello and piano
for Dutch radio with Marietta Petkova, and in 1996 he gave his Wigmore Hall
debut and released two CDs on the Guild label with pianist Fali Pavri.
Tim is currently based in
London. He has been invited to play guest principal with all of the London
orchestras. In 2001 he was appointed principal cello of the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra and in 2003 he was appointed principal of the London
Sinfonietta. He has played frequently as soloist with both organisations and
is in much demand as a concerto soloist and chamber musician. Earlier this
year he was made an FRAM.
“Timothy Gill and Fali Pavri
elicit a searing lyricism bringing tremendous sense of direction to the
melodic invention which can so easily meander in lesser hands.” Classic CD
