Timothy Orpen (clarinet) and John Reid (piano)

About Timothy Orpen and John Reid

The 53rd season opens with the 2005 overall winner of the Royal Over-Seas League music competition – Timothy Orpen on the clarinet. Born in Australia in 1983, he began his musical studies shortly after moving to England at the age of 8. He won a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music where he won a number of prizes, including the Geoffrey Hawkes Clarinet Prize. He was a woodwind finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2002. Timothy has performed with a number of orchestras including the Philharmonia, London Chamber, Northern Sinfonia and Royal Philharmonic. He has taken courses and masterclasses with artists such as Sabine Meyer and Michael Collins. Timothy has recently performed at the Wigmore Hall and gratefully receives the support of the Countess of Munster Musical Trust. His accompanist, John Reid, read music at Clare College, Cambridge where he gained an M.Phil. in musicology before taking up a scholarship at the Royal Academy. He has taken lessons with Malcolm Martineau and his many awards include the 2003 Kathleen Ferrier, Maggie Teyte and English Song accompaniment prizes and the 2004 Gerald Moore Award. He made his Wigmore Hall debut in May 2004 with Lucy Crowe and has given concerts at the Purcell Room, St John’s Smith Square and the Linbury Studio.