Event

Masterclass with Tim Kliphuis

Sunday June 11th at the Denver Music Institute.

Biography/Photos
Award-winning Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis breathes new life into existing styles with a high-energy blend of classical, gypsy jazz and folk music. His improvised sound is totally new and has popular appeal.

Classically trained and widely regarded as Stéphane Grappellis heir, regularly on tour with the fiery European gypsy guitarists, Kliphuis is a highly personal and inspiring performer, composer and educator.

He has shared the stage with legends Frankie Gavin, Richard Galliano and Les Paul and has been lauded for his musical genius by Nigel Kennedy. He was awarded the Scottish Jazz Award (International), has collaborated with the Richard Strauss Festival and Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and is the curator of the Fifty Fiddles Festival, in Rotterdams De Doelen concert hall.

Tim is a Pirastro and DPA artist.

Winningly playful and technically brilliant The Scotsman

One of the worlds finest fiddlers County Times

Prodigiously talented, fearsomely fast and fun Time Out

An in-demand educator, Kliphuis is the author of best-selling Mel Bay books Stéphane Grappelli Gypsy Jazz Violin and Grappelli Licks, the Hot Jazz Violin DVDs and Jazz Etudes on video. His workshops and masterclasses have been featured at festivals, conservatoires and summer courses in the USA, Canada, UK, South Africa, Japan and Europe. Tim teaches improvisation at the Amsterdam and Tilburg conservatoires and hosts the annual sell-out Grappelli-Django Camp back home in Holland every August.