Timur banks on ‘Not A Criminal' for her musical debut
Despite graduating with a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Oxford, Malaysian-Swiss Timur Flores Schnyder has decided to take her life in a completely different direction.
Musically inclined – since age four, to be exact – Timur is able to play the piano, saxophone, guitar and ukulele. A natural-born singer, she often performed in musicals while at school.
Comfortable on stage and in front of an audience, it was really a matter of time before this young woman began entertaining thoughts of involving herself professionally in music instead of her chosen field of engineering.
Now signed with KRU Music as their latest talent, Timur released her debut single “Not A Criminal” on April 1. The music video follows Timur and her gang of criminals who rob a bank and out-smart the police in a car chase so the loot can be delivered to the intended person.
The song is part of a six-track EP to be released at the end of this year, alongside the Malay and Mandarin versions.
FMT caught up with Timur recently to find out more about this beauty with brains and talent to boot.
“We’ve been working hard for this record, and I’m really excited to be able to share my music with everyone,” the bubbly 26-year-old said during a Zoom call from London.
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