Birth name Timothy Fain Labels Naxos Record label Naxos Records Years active 1999-present | Instruments Violin Role Movie actor ยท timfain.com Name Tim Fain | |
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Origin Santa Monica, California, United States Music director Untouchable: Children Of God Albums First Loves, River of Light: American Short Works for Violin and Piano Similar People Topsy Chapman, Nicholas Britell, Philip Glass, Aaron Jay Kernis, Wendy Sutter Profiles | ||
Occupation(s) Violinist, producer Education Curtis Institute of Music | ||
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Tim Fain is an American violinist, perhaps best known for his performances in the movie Black Swan and his work with American composer Philip Glass.
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- Tim fain performs schindler s list theme by john williams
- Philip glass tim fain at oz arts
- Early life and education
- Career
- Discography
- Awards and honors
- References
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Early life and education
A native of Santa Monica, California, violinist Tim Fain attended the Royal Conservatory of Music in London at the age of 11 and Crossrads School for the Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with Victor Danchenko, and The Juilliard School, where he worked with Robert Mann.
Career
After winning the Avery Fisher Career Grant, Fain performed on-screen and in the soundtrack of the movie Black Swan as well as ghost-playing for Richard Gere in the Fox Searchlight movie Bee Season. In November 2006, Fain played a recital with accompanist Richard Bishop at the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City. In December 2007, Fain performed with conductor Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Aaron Jay Kernis's violin concerto Lament and Prayer.
With pianist Bruce Brubaker, Fain performed Philip Glass's Pendulum, a one-movement piece for violin and piano, at the composer's 75th birthday party concert in New York at (Le) Poisson Rouge.
In November 2013, Fain and pianist Pei-Yao Wang performed selections from Richard Danielpour's River of Light and Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach at a Philadelphia Chamber Music Society recital.
On July 4, 2015, Fain performed for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on his 80th Birthday at the Peak Mind Foundation Summit.
Fain tours worldwide with composer/pianist Philip Glass in duo recital performances.
Frequently collaborating with composer/pianist Nicholas Britell, Fain performed and co-arranged the onscreen music in 12 Years A Slave, and is featured on the soundtrack album: "Music from and Inspired by 12 Years a Slave". His playing is also heard in the soundtrack to Free State of Jones and he also worked very closely with Britell on Oscar and Golden-Globe-winning film Moonlight performing and recording the score. On January 10, 2017, Fain joined Britell, director Barry Jenkins, and cast members Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, and Trevante Rhodes for a sold out Moonlight screening and live film score event with the Wordless Music Orchestra conducted by Ryan McAdams at the Million Dollar Theater in Los Angeles.