Tim began his studies at age four at the Preucil School of Music. He was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and then studied intensively with Movses Pogossian and Guillaume Sutre. He also obtained a certificate from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia where he studied with masters of the Soviet violin school: Alexander Kirov and Anatolly Davidovitch. He attended Summit music festival as a student of the late Aaron Rosand and Christina Khimm, with doctoral studies under David Perry of the Pro Arte Quartet. Currently, Tim is the violinist for the Troika piano trio.

He has performed throughout California and Carnegie Hall in New York. He has soloed with the San Francisco Korean Symphony, and played as a section violinist. He has performed chamber music with Anne Akiko Meyers, Richard O’Neill, Guillaume Sutre, Stuart Canin, and Antonio Lysy.