Django meets Mussorgsky

Award-winning Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis has created a new style embracing classical, gypsy-jazz and folk. Hailed as a ‘current-day improvising Paganini’, his inclusive and innovative approach has thrilled audiences and is influencing a new generation of string players.

Founded in 2006, Tim’s trio combines jaw-dropping virtuosity with mesmerising improvisations and presents a genre-bending mix of musical styles; Tim shows his roots through classical repertoire and his love for French gypsy-jazz maestro Stéphane Grappelli; guitarist Nigel Clark brings his background in Celtic folk into the mix and contemporary techniques, while bassist Roy Percy’s sound recalls the street music of New Orleans.

Programme

Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Django Reinhardt and others a selection of gypsy jazz favourites

Performers