Principal flute of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Timothy Hutchins has received international critical acclaim for his work as a concerto soloist, as a duo recitalist with his wife, pianist Janet Creaser Hutchins, and as a chamber musician.

Mr. Hutchins has appeared extensively as soloist in North and South America, Europe and Asia. He made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Ibert Flute Concerto, which he recorded on Decca/London with the OSM and Charles Dutoit to excellent reviews. Other highly praised concerto recordings include the Rodrigo and other works with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra and Mario Bernardi, and Vivaldi and Honegger with I Musici de Montréal and Yuli Turovsky. The recital recording Flûte à la française with his wife Janet, on Decca/London, was called “delectable” by the British classical record magazine Gramophone.

As principal flutist, Mr. Hutchins has also performed with and received invitations to join the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony and the NHK Symphony (Japan). He can be heard on more than 70 award-winning OSM recordings, Charles Dutoit and Kent Nagano conducting, as well as recordings with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Leonard Bernstein, and with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under Mariss Jansons. Other orchestras with which he has performed as principal flute include the World Philharmonic with Lorin Maazel in Rio de Janeiro, the Super World Orchestra with Bernard Haitink in Tokyo, and the World Orchestra for Peace on a tour of Europe and China, Valery Gergiev conducting.
 

Born in England in 1954, Timothy Hutchins lived in Australia until coming with his family to Nova Scotia in 1960. Shortly thereafter he began his studies of both flute and recorder, initially with his father. Returning to the UK in 1969, he completed high school in his native Winchester while pursuing flute and recorder studies at Trinity College of Music in London and attending master classes and summer schools throughout Europe. He then studied at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, gaining the silver medal for highest marks in performance. He returned to Canada in 1974, studying at Dalhousie and McGill Universities. Just prior to his Master’s graduation recital at McGill, in the spring of 1978, he won the OSM principal flute position.

Mr. Hutchins is professor of flute at McGill University, and teaches and performs at summer music festivals in Japan, the UK, and North America. His former students include performers with leading orchestras of the world.