“Only a short time after Ridout exploded onto the classical music world’s general radar, it’s impossible to contemplate a musical landscape without him - or his sound”
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“...he’s that rare kind of musician who could play a cardboard box and make it sing.”
— Guardian
“[…] a performer whose touch could not be surer and whose musical instinct inspires confidence on every level, all conveyed through 24-carat dark-gold tone. Ridout won the Lionel Tertis Viola Competition a few years back and I think Tertis himself would be proud.”
— The Arts Desk
“I confess to having capitulated unconditionally to this heartfelt rendition of Schumann’s masterful song cycle on the viola. Ridout varies his sound astutely on repeated verses, bringing forth from his Peregrino Di Zanetto instrument myriad colours that bear testimony to his profound love of this music.”
— The Strad
““In a few bow strokes, the Briton Timothy Ridout carved out a place for himself in the very closed circle of great violists„
- Le Monde
“the piece wouldn’t have hit home so strongly without the eloquence of the young soloist, the terrifically talented Timothy Ridout.”
— The Times