Duncan McTier’s solo double-bass career has emerged from a non-conventional background of grammar-school education and a degree in mathematics. He has appeared as a soloist in more than twenty countries and with many leading orchestras, and has made more than fifty solo recordings for radio, television and record companies. Composers who have written works for him include Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Robin Holloway, John Casken, John Hawkins and Gavin Bryars.
Like countless other string soloists, McTier teaches. He is Professor of double-bass at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Zürich. He gives masterclasses all over the world and holds a summer course at L’Académie de Musique de Sion, Switzerland. A f...
