Timothy Andres

Timothy Andres (born 1985 in Palo Alto, California) is a composer and pianist. He grew up in rural Connecticut and lives in Brooklyn, New York. His compositions meld a classical-music upbringing with his interests in the natural world, graphic arts, technology, cooking, and photography. He has been praised for his “acute ear” by Anthony Tommasini in The New York Times’s and his “stubborn nose” by Alex Ross in The New Yorker.

An avid pianist from an early age, Andres (who is called Timo for short) performs widely, focusing especially on music by his contemporaries. “New music cannot be intimidating when played with this degree of skill and zest,” proclaimed Boston Globe critic Richard Dyer of a recent concert. Last season, he gave solo concerts at the Strathmore Performing Arts Center and in the Wordless Music Series at Miller Theater. He also performed his solo piano piece How can I live in your world of ideas? as part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella series; Mark Swed of the Los Angeles Times pronounced the piece “irresistible.”

Andres’s début album, Shy and Mighty, was released in May 2010 on Nonesuch. The disc comprises10 interrelated pieces for two pianos, performed by co-pianist David Kaplan and the composer. Shy and Mighty has been an immediate critical success; Alex Ross wrote in The New Yorker that “the music achieves an unhurried grandeur that has rarely been felt in American music since John Adams came on the scene…. More mighty than shy, [Andres] sounds like himself.” Andres will perform sections from the work with pianist Brad Mehldau at Zankel Hall next March.

Recent commissions include new works for the Metropolis Ensemble; an octet, Some Connecticut Gospel, for members of the New World Symphony; a concerto for violin and viola, Look Around You, for Owen Dalby and the Albany Symphony; and a chamber orchestra work, Nightjar, for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by John Adams. The coming season will feature new pieces for Ensemble ACJW and the acme quartet, among others.

Andres earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Yale. He first studied composition in high school, at Juilliard’s Pre-College division, with Eric Ewazen and has since worked with Martin Bresnick, Ingram Marshall, Aaron Jay Kernis, Chris Theofanidis, John Halle, Matthew Suttor, Kathryn Alexander, Michael Klingbeil, and Orianna Webb. Eleanor Hancock was his piano teacher for many years; later, he studied with Frederic Chiu, Boris Berman and Elisabeth Parisot. He has received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, BMI, and ASCAP, as well as grants from Meet the Composer and the American Music Center.

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Download: Ted Hearne's 'Parlor Diplomacy' Featuring Timo Andres

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Brooklyn-based composer Ted Hearne and pianist Timo Andres highlight their longstanding relationship with old and new music alike, and the challenges of "messing" with it.

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Timo Andres: In The Studio

Thursday, August 08, 2013

Hear pianist and composer Timo Andres perform in the Soundcheck studio.

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Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine; Timo Andres Weaves Together Mozart And Eno

Thursday, August 08, 2013

In this episode: Long running metal band Megadeth recently released their fourteenth studio album, Super Collider. Frontman Dave Mustaine talks about the very personal themes on this new record -- and some surprising influences.

And: This week's Check Ahead is from the fierce rock/R&B band Barrence Whitfield And The Savages. Soundcheck producer Gretta Cohn talks with the group's singer about the band's new album, Dig Thy Savage Soul.

Also: Timo Andres is a young pianist/composer whose influences include Mozart and Brian Eno.  He'll play works by both of them, live in the studio.

Plus: More of your karaoke voicemails.

Self-Portrait

Monday, January 23, 2012

This week, Hammered! revisits Sleeping Giant's recent residency on Hammered! with Monday hosted by composer-pianist Timothy Andres and curation throughout the week from its other memb...

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At The River

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

The third in a series of pieces having to do with Charles Ives and the tradition of musical Americana, At the River is an old-school piano “fantasy” on the American hymn "Shall we Gat...

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New Year's Music

Monday, December 26, 2011

Though my family is technically Jewish, I grew up singing Christmas carols. Monday's program celebrates the advent and the coming new year in a decidedly non-non-denominational spirit.

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'Other Music' For Piano

Monday, December 19, 2011

One of the defining moments of my musical life was being hired by a violinist to play John Adams's Road Movies—I was a college freshman, and hadn't heard Adams's music, nor any of the...

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Plays Well With Others

Monday, December 12, 2011

Hammered! welcomes the New York-based composer collective Sleeping Giant for a month-long December residency. Composer-pianist Timothy Andres hosts and curates each Monday episode whi...

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Self-Portrait

Monday, December 05, 2011

The New York composer collective Sleeping Giant's residency on Hammered! features Mondays hosted by composer-pianist Timothy Andres and curation throughout December from its other mem...

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In Studio: Timothy Andres

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Pianist/composer Timothy Andres made it to numerous top-10 lists last year with his debut album, Shy and Mighty. He also raised eyebrows with an eclectic list of influences that ranges from Radiohead and LCD Soundsystem to today's other guest, Steve Reich. We hear Andres' distinctive musical voice, as he joins us to play live in our studio.

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Timothy Andres

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

I wrote Some Connecticut Gospel in the couple of months leading up to the 2008 presidential election. It’s partly a piece about Charles Ives and how his music and inimitable persona...

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