12 Facts About Tim Kliphuis

Tim Kliphuis toured Europe with Lafertin's Quintet and featured on three albums before turning to a solo career in 2004.

Tim Kliphuis was classically trained at the Amsterdam Conservatoire and learned to improvise in the style of Stephane Grappelli while working with the Dutch Sinti community.

In 2006, Tim Kliphuis started combining classical, folk, and world music with gypsy jazz and performing regularly outside the jazz world, in classical halls such as the Concertgebouw and folk festivals such as Celtic Connections.

Since 2012, Tim Kliphuis has been working mostly in the Trio format with Nigel Clark and Roy Percy.

In 2013, Tim Kliphuis dedicated his Trio's album The Grappelli Album to his hero, Stephane Grappelli, whom he had met and played for in 1995.

In 2016, Tim Kliphuis signed a 3-record deal with Sony Classical Netherlands, of which the first album Reflecting the Seasons, recorded by his Trio and the Stellenbosch University Camerata, was released in October 2016.

In 2020, Tim Kliphuis became curator for the Night of the Violin and the Jonge Makers Prijs, both organised by the Netherlands Violin Competition.

Tim Kliphuis has hosted string improvisation workshops at festivals, competitions and other venues in America, South Africa, Japan, UK, and Europe.

Tim Kliphuis is the best-known tutor for the violin style of Stephane Grappelli, having written the best-selling book Stephane Grappelli Gypsy Jazz Violin.

Tim Kliphuis followed this with the Hot Jazz Violin DVD set.

Since 2015, Tim Kliphuis is a member of the string faculty of the Conservatoire of Amsterdam, currently teaching improvisation to Strings and Young Talent.

In 2018 Tim Kliphuis published the tuition book 'Improvisation for Strings' for classically trained people.