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Timothy Ku studied the piano under Lam Kim Lian and Ong Lip Tat. Upon winning a prize in the 1989 National Music Competition, Timothy left to study music in New York City. Over there, he also acted as chamber pianist, academic tutor and teaching assistant, and received several scholarship offers.
Timothy has worked with a number of prominent pianists and pedagogues, including Adam Wodnicki, Marc Silverman, Nina Svetlanova, Michael Rogers and Augstin Anievas. He also studied the harpsichord under the renowned Louis Bager, and conducting with Glen Cortese and Bruce MacIntyre.
Back home in Singapore, Timothy has evolved into an insightful performer as well as an inspiring educator. In the past, he has worked as resident pianist for the Singapore Symphony Chorus under Bart Folse. Presentaly, he is a Principal-Study-Teacher-Lecturer at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and School of the Arts. His concurrent duties include music directorship of NUS Piano Ensemble and tutorship with VJC Piano Ensemble. In addition, he also funtions in a large scope of teaching activities such as group workshops, masterclasses and studio teaching.
On the performance scene, Timothy is a highly adventurous and versatile soloist, ensemble pianist, and accompanist, whose repertoire includes Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Hindemith's 'The Four Temperaments', Brahms' Horn Trio, Rebecca Clarke's Viola Sonata, Barber's Piano Sonata, and solo works by Mompou. His solo and chamber concerts at Victoria Concert Hall and Esplanade Recital Studio have mostly been sell-out successes. Concert appearances in the region also won him rave reviews and return engagements.
Timothy appears regularly in concert with pianist wife Soon Liok Kee, his violist sister Marietta Ku, and the chamber group, Spitze. In July 2003, Timothy performed in a chamber concert that received highly acclaimed reviews, featuring Schubert's 'Trout' Quintet and Brahms' G minor Piano Quartet. In May 2006, he appeared in a chamber concert at the Esplanade, offering works such as Vieuxtemps' Viola Sonata and Brahms' Clarinet Trio amongst others. With his piano duo partner Soon Liok Kee, Timothy had given the Singapore premiere of Grainger's 'The Warriors' (2005), Poulenc's Capriccio 'D'après Le Bal Masqué' (2006) and Bolcom's 'The Serpent's Kiss': Rag Fantasy (2007). In 2009, the duo gave a successful two-piano recital featured in the Artiste Series of SMU's inaugural piano festival, Klaviesta!.
Timothy has worked with a number of prominent pianists and pedagogues, including Adam Wodnicki, Marc Silverman, Nina Svetlanova, Michael Rogers and Augstin Anievas. He also studied the harpsichord under the renowned Louis Bager, and conducting with Glen Cortese and Bruce MacIntyre.
Back home in Singapore, Timothy has evolved into an insightful performer as well as an inspiring educator. In the past, he has worked as resident pianist for the Singapore Symphony Chorus under Bart Folse. Presentaly, he is a Principal-Study-Teacher-Lecturer at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and School of the Arts. His concurrent duties include music directorship of NUS Piano Ensemble and tutorship with VJC Piano Ensemble. In addition, he also funtions in a large scope of teaching activities such as group workshops, masterclasses and studio teaching.
On the performance scene, Timothy is a highly adventurous and versatile soloist, ensemble pianist, and accompanist, whose repertoire includes Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Hindemith's 'The Four Temperaments', Brahms' Horn Trio, Rebecca Clarke's Viola Sonata, Barber's Piano Sonata, and solo works by Mompou. His solo and chamber concerts at Victoria Concert Hall and Esplanade Recital Studio have mostly been sell-out successes. Concert appearances in the region also won him rave reviews and return engagements.
Timothy appears regularly in concert with pianist wife Soon Liok Kee, his violist sister Marietta Ku, and the chamber group, Spitze. In July 2003, Timothy performed in a chamber concert that received highly acclaimed reviews, featuring Schubert's 'Trout' Quintet and Brahms' G minor Piano Quartet. In May 2006, he appeared in a chamber concert at the Esplanade, offering works such as Vieuxtemps' Viola Sonata and Brahms' Clarinet Trio amongst others. With his piano duo partner Soon Liok Kee, Timothy had given the Singapore premiere of Grainger's 'The Warriors' (2005), Poulenc's Capriccio 'D'après Le Bal Masqué' (2006) and Bolcom's 'The Serpent's Kiss': Rag Fantasy (2007). In 2009, the duo gave a successful two-piano recital featured in the Artiste Series of SMU's inaugural piano festival, Klaviesta!.
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