Timur Babashyn

Doublebass, Old Music

6.Mai, 1984 Kyiv, Ukraine 

CONTACT: 
timurbass@gmail.com
+31 6 20 767 707

Biography

Ukrainian Bass player Timur Babashyn was born in Kyiv, 1984, from the beginning of study Doublebass in Tchaikovsky Conservatory he was already interesting in transcribing Bach Violine sonatas and partitas into Doublebass low register.

Continue his study he did first professional training with great baroque flutist Eckert Carsten in Hochschule der Künste Bern.

After Bern he went to London to study one year with the legendary Rinat Ibragimov by whom he learn a special bow technique.

Feeling that this is not enough he ends up moving to Graz to study Wiennes style by Ernst Weissensteiner.

Back in Ukraine Timur start to perform usually as solo player
and in lots of chamber-music cooperation with other soloists from National Organ Hall of Ukraine. But since he always missed deeper knowledge about baroque music, the start of the war lead him to
the immediate decision to study in The Hague by baroque expert Margaret Urquhart.

School university education 

In 1991–1999 visits of the music school No. 1 (Kiev, the Ukraine)

In 1999–2003 R.Glier Academy of Art (Kiev, Ukraine)

Main subject: Double Bass . Minor subject: Piano

In 2003–2008 P.Tschajkowsky National Music Academy of Ukraine Main subject: Double Bass. Minor subject: Piano.

Study end: Certificate, mark "very well" and certificate with predicate "Excellent".

2007, 2008 Masterklasses in the“ Cloister Michaelstein“ Germany Prof. K.Trumpf, A.Michno, M.Gaidosh, F.Rabbat, R.Ibragimov.

2008–2013 – Study in the college of the arts Bern,
Certificate – MA Performance

2011–2013 – Study in Guildhall School of Music &Drama , London UK. (Prof. RinatIbragimov)

From 2009 – Guest student of professor RinatIbragimov.

2013–2014 – Study in Basel Academy of Music (Prof. Roman Patkolo)

2015–2017 – Study in “KunstUniversitat Graz” (Prof. Ernst Weissensteiner)

2022 –  now Study in Royal Conservatory den Haag (Prof. Margaret Urquhart) 

Professional training 

2000–2003 Tutti Double-bass player in the “Variety-stage symphony orchestra”. 

2002–2008 Solo Double-bass player of the "Music mission Kiev" symphony orchestra. 

2003–2008 Solo Double-bass player in the opera studio in Tschajkowsky music academy of Ukraine. 

In 2004–2008 Guest musician in 

“National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine “ 

“ Natoinal Philarmonic Orchestra “ 

“Orchestra for radio and television”. 

2006–till now Solo Double-bass player in "Kiev Classik" chamber orchestra. 

2009–2010 training period in the “Bern Symphony Orchestra”(Switzerland) 

2010 training period in the Biel Symphony orchestra (Switzerland) 

2013–till now Solo Double-bass player in “National Organhall of Chamber Music of Ukraine by B.Latoshinskiy” ( Kiev,Ukraine) 

From 2015 Solo Double-bass Player in “Bron Chamber Orchestra “ 

(Interlaken , Switzerland) 

2016–2017 Solo Double-bass Player in “Orquestra Santa Cecillia “ (Madrid ) 

2018 Guest player in Flemish Chamber Philarmonic Orchestra (Bruxelles) 

2018 Guest Player in “Berliner Camerata “ (Berlin) 

2018 Section Leader in Royal Northern Symphony, trial (Newcastle, UK) 

2022 Guest player in Radio Philarmonic Orchestra (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 

Gluck Melodie

from Orfeo ed Euridice

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 – 1787)

Prepárense

Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992)

Tarantella in la minore

Giovanni Bottesini (1821 – 1889)