biography
Canadian guitarist Tim Beattie brings genre-defying programming to stages around the world. “Moving between textures and moods with ease ... Beattie’s guitar dazzles.” (Laura Stanley, MusicWorks Magazine)
Currently a member of The Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency Program at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Beattie is active as a performer, collaborator, educator, and recording artist.
Beattie’s performance career has taken him to stages across North America and Europe, with appearances at the Bath Festival, Cleveland International Guitar Festival, GuitarFest West (Calgary), Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam (Spiegelzaal), Lammermuir Festival, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, Perth Summer Festival, Théâtre du Vaudeville (Brussels), 2021 UN Climate Conference (Glasgow), Mazzoleni Concert Hall (Toronto), among many others. Beattie has appeared on radio and television broadcasts for NPR (Podium Klassiek), Concertzender Actueel, and BBC Radio Scotland.
A laureate of the Brussels International Guitar Competition, Tim is the recipient of numerous grants and awards from the Amsterdam University of the Arts, Cleveland Institute of Music, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Royal Overseas League, Sylva Gelber Foundation, Tillett Trust, Worshipful Company of Musicians; and top prizes at the international guitar competitions in Antwerp, Brussels, Calgary, Hamilton and Uppsala.
Active as a chamber musician, Beattie is a founding member of Duo Beattie-Go, Quartet Malamatina, and the North American Guitar Trio. As an educator, he has taught at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and St. Andrews University, and has been invited to deliver workshops and masterclasses at the University of Regina Conservatory, University of Lethbridge, University of Alberta, and Mount Royal University.
Tim proudly plays guitars built by Canadian luthiers Martin Blackwell & Mark Usherovich, with Royal Classics Strings and a GuitarLift support.
Currently a member of The Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency Program at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Beattie is active as a performer, collaborator, educator, and recording artist.
Beattie’s performance career has taken him to stages across North America and Europe, with appearances at the Bath Festival, Cleveland International Guitar Festival, GuitarFest West (Calgary), Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam (Spiegelzaal), Lammermuir Festival, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, Perth Summer Festival, Théâtre du Vaudeville (Brussels), 2021 UN Climate Conference (Glasgow), Mazzoleni Concert Hall (Toronto), among many others. Beattie has appeared on radio and television broadcasts for NPR (Podium Klassiek), Concertzender Actueel, and BBC Radio Scotland.
A laureate of the Brussels International Guitar Competition, Tim is the recipient of numerous grants and awards from the Amsterdam University of the Arts, Cleveland Institute of Music, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Royal Overseas League, Sylva Gelber Foundation, Tillett Trust, Worshipful Company of Musicians; and top prizes at the international guitar competitions in Antwerp, Brussels, Calgary, Hamilton and Uppsala.
Active as a chamber musician, Beattie is a founding member of Duo Beattie-Go, Quartet Malamatina, and the North American Guitar Trio. As an educator, he has taught at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and St. Andrews University, and has been invited to deliver workshops and masterclasses at the University of Regina Conservatory, University of Lethbridge, University of Alberta, and Mount Royal University.
Tim proudly plays guitars built by Canadian luthiers Martin Blackwell & Mark Usherovich, with Royal Classics Strings and a GuitarLift support.
artistic vision
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Combining a deep respect for bygone traditions with a distinctive approach to programming, interpretation, collaboration, and presentation, Beattie aims to:
Engage audiences with sounds that are at once familiar and foreign, accessible and challenging, intimate and electrifying; Blur the lines between musical idiom, genre classification, and artistic discipline; Bridge perceived gaps between culture, creed, class, tribe, and tradition; Reject conventional notions of classical exceptionalism; Expand the repertoire, social contexts, and mediums through which concert music can be presented; Build a new audience for art music by sharing his passion and creative voice on an instrument that nearly everyone has direct reference to or experience with – either as listeners or practitioners – whether or not they’ve yet discovered their love for classical music. |
awards
- Sylva Gelber Foundation Award 2020
- Worshipful Company of Musicians Concert Award
- Royal Overseas League Scottish Study Award
- Tillett Trust Postgraduate Study Award
- Brussels International Guitar Competition / 1st prize
- Calgary International Guitar Competition / 1st prize
- Hamilton International Guitar Competition / 1st prize
- Uppsala International Guitar Competition / 2nd prize
- Antwerp International Guitar Competition / 2nd prize
- Leicester Music Festival Classical Guitar Award / 1st prize
- Indiana International Guitar Competition / 1st prize (youth)
- Montreal International Guitar Competition / 1st prize (youth)
- "Most Promising Youth" / 2016 Barrie Arts & Culture Awards
- Amsterdam University of the Arts AHK Talent Award
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Performance Prize for Guitar
- Ablan Honors Award for Excellence in Guitar Studies / Cleveland Institute of Music
performance highlights
- Spiegelzaal in Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam / supporting Ludovico Einaudi
- FirstOntario Concert Hall / supporting KD Lang
- Muziekgebouw Amsterdam / with CvA Score Collective
- Amsterdam Blue Note / with Nai Barghouti
- Cultura Ede / with Rosanne Philippens
- UN Climate Conference 2021 (COP26)
- Podium Wittemann / NPO2 (Dutch TV)
- Concertzender Actueel / Dutch National Radio
- Embassy of Canada to Belgium (Brussels)
- Drumlanrig Castle (Dumfries and Galloway)
- Perth Summer Festival Lammermuir Festival
- East Neuk Festival
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Scotland House
- Princess Alexandra Hall (London)
- Perth Concert Hall (Perth, UK)
- Mazzoleni Concert Hall (Toronto)
- St Giles Cathedral (Edinburgh)
- Ullapool Guitar Festival
- Sauble Beach Guitar Festival
- Brussels International Guitar Festival
- Cleveland International Guitar Festival
- Montreal International Guitar Festival
- Calgary International Guitar Festival