Tim Ribchester
Vocal Coach/Conductor
As conductor his work has encompassed symphonic repertoire, contemporary chamber opera, and main stage opera from all style periods, in the UK, US, Italy, South Africa, Bulgaria, Romania, and Germany. After a five-year apprenticeship at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, he worked with Opera Philadelphia, Lyric Opera Baltimore, and North Carolina Opera before building an internationally renowned vocal coaching studio in Berlin, preparing both established professionals and emerging young artists. Conductors he has assisted include Christopher Larkin, Cristofer Macatsoris, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and most recently Sir Simon Rattle. Trentino productions he has conducted in previous seasons include Dido and Aeneas, L’incoronazione di Poppea, Rinaldo, and Alcina.
In the Boston area he has collaborated over many years in concert and recording with composers Joseph Summer and Mary Bichner, conducting the ensembles for many of Summer’s recent albums on Navona Records. His playing is featured in Park Chan-Wook’s critically acclaimed 2016 feature film The Handmaiden, and in duo with Cassia Harvey on the album The Russian Cello.