Robin Ticciati
Robin Ticciati is Principal Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Bamberger Symphoniker and Music Director Designate of Glyndebourne Festival Opera.
As guest conductor, he works with world-class orchestras on both sides of the Atlantic, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Filarmonica della Scala, the Symphonie orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Munich, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Robin Ticciati balances orchestral engagements with extensive work in some of the world's most prestigious opera houses and festivals, including Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Salzburg Festival, Metro politan Opera, Royal Opera House, Teatro alla Scala, and Opernhaus Zürich. In July 2011, he was appointed Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera from January 2014.
Born in London, Robin Ticciati is a violinist, pianist and percussionist by training. He was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain when he turned to conducting, aged 15, under the guidance of Sir Colin Davis and Sir Simon Rattle. Following a conducting debut in Brussels in 2004, aged just 19, Robin Ticciati's career developed rapidly. In June 2005, he became the youngest conductor to appear at La Scala, Milan, and his 2006 appearance at the Salzburg Festival, conducting Mozart's Il Sogno di Scipione, saw him become the youngest conductor in the history of the festival. That performance was later released worldwide on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon. He was then appointed Chief Conductor of the Gävle Symphony Orchestra (2005-2009) and Music Director of Glyndebourne on Tour (2007-2009).
Robin Ticciati's debut CD recording, featuring choral works by Brahms (Nänie, Gesang der Parzen, Alto Rhapsody, Schicksalslied) with the Bavarian Radio Chorus and Bamberger Symphoniker, was released in Autumn 2010 to universal critical acclaim, attracting Germany's coveted Echo Klassik award.
For further information -
www.sco.org.ukTicciati's Berlioz enters the chart13 May 2013
No. 8 in the UK Specialist Chart
more >>Gramophone guest blog - Rosenna East: From Mozart to Berlioz03 April 2013
Scottish Chamber Orchestra Violinist, Rosenna East, writes guest blog for Gramophone: From Mozart to Berlioz
more >>Edinburgh Festival Highlights31 July 2012
Catch Linn artists live at EIF 2012
more >>Artists at BBC Proms 201215 June 2012
Enjoy performances from Sophie Bevan, Robin Ticciati, Benjamin Grosvenor, Daniel Barenboim and Eric Whitacre.
more >>Ticciati's Berlioz scales UK chart22 April 2012
Berlioz in No. 4 in Classical Chart
more >>BBC Music Magazine: What's coming up16 April 2012
A Fantastique Start!
more >>Robin Ticciati: the 28-year-old who makes top-rank conducting look so easy02 April 2012
Robin Ticciati tells Ivan Hewett the secret of his success.
more >>Success in Germany for the SCO27 March 2012
the critics hail Robin Ticciati
more >>Ticciati's Berlioz chosen as Sound of 201211 January 2012
Anna Picard's Critics' Choice
more >>Interview with Robin Ticciati01 August 2011
'...a career that promises a long life of excitement.'
more >>Robin Ticciati will take over Glyndebourne06 July 2011
The conductor will succeed Vladimir Jurowski in 2014.
more >>One to watch: SCO's Robin Ticciati02 May 2011
Voted one of 'Tomorrow's Icons' by Gramophone
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The Guardian'wonderfully controlled and exquisitely shaded'
more >>The Times
'...piercing clarity of colour and texture; heightened drama; increased tenderness and intimacy.'
more >>BBC Music Magazine
'...contributes an air of freshness and immediacy which I greatly enjoyed.'
more >>The Times[Cargil's] Nuits d'ete and Cleopatra suggest a Trojans Dido of stature in the making.
more >>theartsdesk.com'...it’s as if you’re being drawn into a shaggy-dog story told by an old roué.'
more >>Audiophile AuditionMulti-channel Disc of the Month:' brilliantly illuminating'
more >>Audio Review'...Buon ascolto!'
more >>NPR Deceptive Cadence'Robin Ticciati conducts beyond his years in a debut recording with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.'
more >>BBC Radio 3 'CD Review'Disc of the Week: '...it's a thrilling achievement.'
more >>MusicWeb International'It's this disc I'll be coming back to when I want to be reminded of just how ground-breaking it still sounds.'
more >>Pizzicato'Avec leur interpretation de la Symphonie Fantastique, Robin Ticciati et le Scottish Chamber Orchestra savant ajouter un element particulier à la riche discographie de l'œuvre, car on n'aura pas encore entendu une Symphonie fantastique si légère, si transparente, et si superbement romantique.'
more >>Early Music Review'...as a whole the performance is very exciting.'
more >>Hi-Fi News'Ticciati's is very much a version to hear...'
more >>Audio Video Club of Atlanta'...a nicely nuanced and characterized performance...'
more >>InfoDad.com'The results are refreshing.'
more >>Limelight Magazine'...this thrilling recording is the one to listen to. Highly recommended.'
more >>BBC Music Magazine'...[a] refreshing approach, especially in spectacularly clear and spacious sound.'
more >>International Record Review'...it's unquestionably an impressive debut.'
more >>Gramophone'Why did we do the opening 100 times? Because it's one of the most difficult moments in all of music.' RT
more >>Gramophone'The clarity, coordination and spectrum of colour in the orchestra are spot-on for Berlioz.'
more >>MusicWeb InternationalRecording of the Month: 'Palate-cleansing, ear-pricking performances. Not to be missed.'
more >>ClassicsToday.com'playing of astonishing virtuosity and transparency'
more >>The Big Issue'...Berlioz is fresh and visceral and whimsically wide-eyed.'
more >>AllMusic.com'...a genuinely startling, risk-taking, and fun performance...absolutely recommended.'
more >>The Sunday Telegraph'[Ticciati] draws superlative playing, notably in a thrilling first movement...'
more >>Completely Berlioz'This is an awesome performance.'
more >>Musicweb International'...the full snarling menace of the March to the Scaffold is extremely well captured...'
more >>Presto News'Ticciati's impressive gift for wonderfully shaping each phrase kept me interested from start to finish'
more >>ClassicFMCD of the Week: '...a wonderful recording...'
more >>The Herald'It is an awesome performance...as thought-provoking as it is potent.'
more >>Financial Times' Ticciati has assumed Colin Davis’s mantle in this music, giving it a natural pulse and dramatic shape.'
more >>The Telegraph'...this first collaboration on disc captures all the energy, the finesse and the sheer panache with which he invests his live concerts...'
more >>The Guardian'...the transparency and lightness of touch Ticciati achieves is a real bonus...'
more >>Sunday TimesClassical CD of the Week: '...remarkable for its fresh insights...'
more >>TV Bomb'Spectacular'
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