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| Name: | hoquetus |
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| Website: | http://www.timrayborn.com |
An internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, Tim has been active in the fields of world and early music for 18 years. He plays more than 80 musical instruments from medieval Europe, the Middle East, the Balkans, and Central Asia, including: lutes, plucked strings, flutes, and percussion, as well as being a singer. He has recorded to date on 27 CDs for a number of labels, including Gaudeamus, Nimbus, Magnatune, Osmosys, Eventide, Diaphonica, and Wild Boar.
Tim lived in the UK for seven years, studying for his Ph.D. in medieval history and philosophy at the University of Leeds, and working as a musician. He has toured Europe and the U.S. extensively, given a number of performances for BBC, performed in Canada and Australia, and worked with musicians in Marrakech and Istanbul. He has collaborated and performed with many early music groups and performers, including Ensemble Alcatraz; Anne Azema; Susan Rode Morris; Sinfonye; Kitka; members of the Dufay Collective, Harp Consort, and Theater of Voices; and Falsobordone.
In addition to his solo work, he currently performs with Celtic harpist Patrick Ball, Swedish musicians Draam, and collaborates regularly with Shira Kammen.
www.timrayborn.com
www.myspace.com/timrayborn
Tim lived in the UK for seven years, studying for his Ph.D. in medieval history and philosophy at the University of Leeds, and working as a musician. He has toured Europe and the U.S. extensively, given a number of performances for BBC, performed in Canada and Australia, and worked with musicians in Marrakech and Istanbul. He has collaborated and performed with many early music groups and performers, including Ensemble Alcatraz; Anne Azema; Susan Rode Morris; Sinfonye; Kitka; members of the Dufay Collective, Harp Consort, and Theater of Voices; and Falsobordone.
In addition to his solo work, he currently performs with Celtic harpist Patrick Ball, Swedish musicians Draam, and collaborates regularly with Shira Kammen.
www.timrayborn.com
www.myspace.com/timrayborn
Interests (36):
19th-20th-century orchestral music, all things european, alternative archeology, australia, balkan music, baroque music, collecting musical instruments, conversations with good friends, discovering new places, druidry, early music, england, english history, good books and literature, heavy metal, jazz, long hair, medieval history and culture, medieval music, middle eastern music, progressive and free-thinking politics, progressive rock, ralph vaughan williams, renaissance music, sarcasm, scandinavian folk music, silly humor, single malt scotch, snow and winter skies, the way of wyrd, travel, unexplained phenomena, vegetarianism and veganism, walking and hiking, watching fog and rain, wine (i'm a collector)
Schools:
Dominican University of California - San Rafael, CA (1990 - 1992)University of Leeds - Leeds, England - West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1992 - 1999)
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