Tim Paterson-Brown is a
British classical musician, most well known for playing the horn. He is
currently the lead of the chamber music group in the Academy of St. Martin in
the Fields, and also serves as the co-principal at the same institution. In
addition to these roles, Tim Brown teaches at the college where he and his
other contemporaries, such as Douglas Moore and Alan Civil studied, at the
Royal College of Music.
Tim Paterson-Brown joined the
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in the late 1960’s and became a member of
the ensemble at the academy, known as Mozart’s Horn Quintet. The group made
quite a few recordings together, many of which were extremely successful within
the classical music world. One of the ensembles recordings earned them the renowned
Wiener Flotenuhr prize, whilst a second recording of Schubert’s Octet was
awarded the title of Grand Prix du Disque. As well as being a member of the
Academy’s ensemble, Brown has also been a member of the Melos ensemble.
As a soloist,
Brown has been very well received and throughout the course of his career, has
made many award-winning recordings. Examples include his performance of
Telemann’s Concerto for 3 horns and violin, the recording of which he made with
Hermann Baumann, Nicholas Hill and his own sister, Iona. He and his sister
perform together frequently and have numerous successful recordings, including
Mozart’s four horn concertos in 1999,
during which Iona served as the conductor.
Brown has also had
success as a member of classical groups, and was once the BBC symphony
orchestra’s chief hornist. During his time in this role, Tim Paterson-Brown gave
performances in some of the world’s most famous musical theatres, such as the
Proms and Carnegie Hall.
