Tim Beattie

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Biography

Described as a “charismatic” (The Bath Festival) and “most subtle and able artist” (Perthshire
Advertiser), Toronto-born guitarist Tim Beattie “dazzles … moving between textures and moods
with ease.” (Musicworks Magazine)

Tim Beattie gained international recognition after winning the 2018 Brussels International Guitar
Competition. His career has since taken him to stages across North America and Europe,
earning prizes at the international competitions in Antwerp, Brussels, Calgary, Enschede,
Leicester, Manhattan, and Uppsala.

Beattie has performed at prestigious venues and festivals including Carnegie Hall (Weill Hall),
Amsterdam Concertgebouw (supporting Ludovico Einaudi), Amsterdam Blue Note (with Nai
Barghouti), Banff Centre, The Bath Festival, FirstOntario Concert Hall (supporting KD Lang),
Kitaranova Festival Helsinki, Perth Concert Hall, and Théâtre du Vaudeville Brussels. His
performances have also been featured on Dutch National TV and BBC Radio Scotland.

A committed chamber musician, Beattie enjoys regular collaborations with cellist Daniel Hamin
Go, guitarist Sasha Savaloni, actor Tucker St Ivany, the Coulthard Trio, and Quartet
Malamatina, alongside production tours with Canadian Opera Company, Royal Scottish National
Orchestra, and Scottish Opera.

Beattie was a scholarship student at the Amsterdam Conservatory, where he completed his
BMus in 2019 with honours (cum laude). He then undertook fully funded postgraduate studies at
the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, earning an MMus in 2021 and an Artist Diploma in 2022.
In 2022, he became the only guitarist ever invited to join the prestigious Rebanks Family
Fellowship at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. He is currently pursuing a PhD on a
full doctoral studentship at the University of Surrey (UK). His studies and artistic projects have
been supported by the Amsterdam University of the Arts ‘AHK Talent Grant’, Banff Centre for
Arts and Creativity, Canada Council for the Arts, CIM Trust, Guitar Society of Toronto, RCS
Trust, Royal Overseas League, Sylva Gelber Foundation, Tillett Trust, Weston Family
Foundation, and The Worshipful Company of Musicians.

Tim is an Associate Teacher of guitar at the University of St Andrews and director of the St
Andrews GuitarFest (Scotland). He maintains a busy concert schedule and regularly visits
institutions across Canada and the UK as a guest lecturer; most recently at the Alberta Strings
Association, Calgary Classical Guitar Society, Mount Royal University, Royal Conservatoire of
Scotland, University of Alberta, University of Lethbridge, and the University of Regina.