Timothy Young is a founding member of Ensemble Liaison and Head of Piano at the Australian National Academy of Music. One of Australia’s leading pianists his recent activity includes touring Australia with violinist Ray Chen for Castiglione Arts and Culture, performing in the Boulez Saal season in Berlin with Soprano Siobhan Stagg and touring NZ with Ensemble Liaison for Chamber Music NZ.
As a concerto soloist highlights include a performance of Messiaen’s ‘Turangalilia Symphony’ at Hamer Hall with the Australian World Orchestra and conductor Simone Young, the Ravel Concerto with the MSO and conductor Benjamin Northey at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, play/directing a Mozart Concerto from the keyboard for the Mostly Mozart Series at the MRC with the ANAM Orchestra, Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Ginastera’s Piano Concerto n.1 with conductor Ilyich Rivas, Stravinsky’s Concerto for piano and winds with Paul Dean, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with Fabian Russell.
Frequent festival appearances include all of Australia’s major festivals and internationally the Novi Sad Music Summer Festival in Serbia, the Kotor Arts International Festival in Montenegro, MIMIR Festival Texas, and the Capraia Festival of Music in Italy.
Timothy’s internationally acclaimed discography champions Australian composers with a recent release for ABC Classics of Australian chamber works written for Ensemble Liaison and the complete works of Stuart Greenbaum for clarinet and piano with David Griffiths. For the Tall Poppies label he has recorded Australian piano and cello works with cellist, David Pereira. For Heritage Records UK with Penelope Thwaites he features in the complete two piano music of Percy Grainger. For the MOVE record label he has recorded Michael Kieran-Harvey’s Symphony without orchestra and for the Melba label in Australia he has recorded a solo recital of works by the Australian George Frederick Boyle, along with numerous collaborations with violist Roger Benedict, and the complete works of Stravinsky for piano and violin with violinist Ray Chen. Other recital discs include performances with soprano Cheryl Barker and virtuoso violin and piano works with Christian Li for the distinguished Decca label UK.