Timothy Ku
Artistic Director
NUS Piano Ensemble

Timothy Ku studied the piano under Lam Kim Lian and Ong Lip Tat. Upon winning a prize in the 1989 National Music Competition, Timothy left to study music in New York City. Back in Singapore, Timothy has evolved into an insightful performer as well as an inspiration educator. Presently, he is a Principal-Study-Teacher-Lecturer at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and School of the Arts, Singapore (SOTA). His concurrent duties include music directorship of NUS Piano Ensemble, NTU Piano Ensemble and tutorship with Victoria Junior College Piano Ensemble.

On the performance scene, Timothy is a highly adventurous and versatile soloist, ensemble pianist and accompanist. With his piano duo partner Soon Liok Kee, Timothy had given the Singapore premiere of Poulenc’s Capriccio ‘D’après Le Bal Masqué’ (2006) and Bolcom’s ‘The Serpent’s Kiss’: Rag Fantasy (2007). In 2009, the duo gave a successful two-piano recital featured in the Artiste Series of Singapore Management University’s inaugural piano festival, Klaviesta!.