Tim Murray studied at the Royal College of Music, Cambridge University and the Tanglewood Music Center and is fast gaining an impressive reputation in twentieth-century and contemporary repertoire.

He is an experienced opera conductor, and specializes in collaborating with composers. In 2011 his diary included performances of Turnage’s Twice through the Heart at Sadlers Wells with Sarah Connolly, Kurt Weill’s Street Scene for The Opera Group, and Stephen Deazley’s The Sleeper for Welsh National Youth Opera.  He has a close relationship with the Royal Opera House, where he recently gave the premiere of The Doctor’s Tale in collaboration with Monty Python’s Terry Jones, and previously conducted two new works for family audiences, The Enchanted Pig and The Gentle Giant. From 2009-11 he worked closely with Mark-Anthony Turnage and the Royal Opera House on the development and preparation of Anna Nicole. His other operatic performances have included Tobias Picker’s Fantastic Mr Fox at Opera Holland Park, Errollyn Wallen’s The Silent Twins for Almeida Opera, La Bohème for Co-opera Company, and The Magic Flute and Tobias & the Angel for English Touring Opera. As former music director of the pioneering opera company, Tête à Tête, he gave the premieres of over twenty operas by British composers.

He is increasingly in demand as a conductor for contemporary dance. His 2011 collaboration with Wayne McGregor and Random Dance led to the successful premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Undance. He works frequently with the choreographer Will Tuckett, including The Soldier’s Tale in Japan, and over fifty performances at the Royal Opera House. He is a regular guest conductor for Rambert Dance Company, including performances of Julian Anderson’s Comedy of Change.

Since making his BBC Proms debut with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Murray has conducted many orchestras and ensembles in the UK, including Philharmonia Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, London Mozart Players and City of London Sinfonia. He studied with Oliver Knussen at the Britten-Pears School, and has since appeared frequently at the Aldeburgh Festival. He often broadcasts on BBC Radio 3, most recently with the BBC Concert Orchestra in works by Stravinsky, Anna Clyne and Tom Arthurs, with the ensemble Chroma in the premiere of Rolf Hind’s clarinet concerto, and at the BBC Proms for the Julian Anderson Composer Portrait. His work with BBC Singers has included a series of concerts in the BBC Radio Theatre, Jonathan Harvey’s Forms of Emptiness as part of ‘Total Immersion’, and acting as chorus master on Fidelio for Daniel Barenboim and the West-East Divan Orchestra at the BBC Proms.

His future projects include Porgy and Bess with Cape Town Opera and the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera at the London Coliseum, and Babur in London for The Opera Group in Switzerland and the UK.