Duncan McTier, a double bass professor at London's Royal Academy
of Music, was arrested on Friday 10 May by police investigating
sexual abuse at top music schools in Manchester, UK.
McTier, 58, was questioned in connection with an alleged indecent
assault of a 21-year-old female student at Manchester's Royal
Northern College of Music (RNCM) in 1994. After being questioned,
he was released on bail until August pending further
inquiries.
McTier taught part-time at the Manchester college from 1984 to
1996. He now holds professorships at the Zürcher Hochschule der
Künste in Switzerland and the Escuela Superior de Música Reina
Sofia in Madrid, as well as at the Royal Academy of Music. An
international soloist, he has recorded repertoire ranging from
Bottesini to Peter Maxwell Davies, and as a chamber musician, he
has made discs with the Chilingirian Quartet and as a member of the
Nash Ensemble and the Fibonacci Sequence.
McTier is the second teacher to be arrested as part of Operation
Kiso, the investigation by Greater Manchester Police into alleged
sexual abuse at the RNCM and Chetham's School of Music. Violin
teacher Wen Zhou Li, a tutor at both institutions, was arrested in
February on suspicion of rape. He denies the allegations, but has
been suspended pending the investigation.
photo: Elisabeth Melchior
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