Timothy Ridout in Recital

Part of the Lammermuir Festival Anyone wondering why Timothy Ridout is being talked about as the fastest rising star in British classical music will have had their questions answered by his sensational recital at last year’s Festival. He is joined by virtuoso pianist Frank Dupree in a wonderful programme centred on Brahms’s great E flat major sonata. Only a short time after Ridout exploded onto the classical music world’s general radar, it’s impossible to contemplate a musical landscape without him - or his sound. Gramophone In a few bow strokes, the Briton Timothy Ridout carved out a place for himself in the very closed circle of great violists. Le Monde