Tim Thorpe

Timothy Thorpe (born 3 October 1983) is a British horn player.

Life and career

Thorpe was born on 3 October 1983.^[1] He attended Watford Grammar School for Boys,^[2] and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain,^[3] and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.^[4] He attended The Purcell School for Young Musicians until 2002,^[2] when he won a scholarship to Guildhall School of Music and Drama,^[2] where he studied French horn with Hugh Seenan.^[1] Thorpe became principal horn with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.^[2] In this position he was the soloist on Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4, performed at the Teatro Colón in Argentina and broadcast by BBC Radio 3,^[5] and on other broadcast concerts.^[6] Thorpe has been a guest performer with major London orchestras,^[6] the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra,^[6] and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra,^[7][8] the London Sinfonietta chamber orchestra and the Nash Ensemble.^[9]

Thorpe has taught at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama,^[10] at Wells Cathedral School^[9] and gave master classes for Bromley Youth Music Trust,^[11] Music for Everyone^[12] and National Youth French Horn Ensemble of Great Britain.^[6]

Discography

• 2006: Malcolm Arnold: The Complete Brass Chamber Music, with Fine Arts Brass. Nimbus (NI 5804)^[13]
• 2009: Midsummer. The Audio Concept (TAC002)^[14]
• 2011: Christopher Ball – Horn Concerto – Oboe Concerto, with oboist Paul Arden-Taylor, flutist Jonathan Burgess, clarinetist Leslie Craven, Emerald Concert Orchestra, Adderbury Ensemble. Musical Concepts (MC 143)^[15]
• 2018: Schubert: Schwanengesang – Brahms: Acht Zigeunerlieder – Arranged for French horn and piano, with pianist Christopher Williams. Naxos (8.573815)^[16]

Awards

In 2004 Thorpe was a winner of the Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition,^[17] and won the Royal Philharmonic Society's Philip Jones Memorial Prize.^[10]