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Hugo Ticciati (born April 12, 1980) is a British-born violinist, living in Sweden. He has performed in several worldwide events such as the Gotland Chamber Music Festival (Sweden), the St. Denis-Festival (Paris), and the Festival Internacional Cervantino. He has also begun his own Festival called the O/MODƏRNT, in Sweden.
Career edit
At the age of twelve he entered the Edinburgh Festival at Queen Elizabeth Hall. Since then, Ticciati has performed with several orchestras from England, Romania, Sweden, East Asia, Estonia, and the United States.[1] He has performed in the Baltic Sea Festival in Sweden, at Carnegie Hall, and the Hermitage Music Festival held in St Petersburg.[2] Ticciati currently gives regular concerts in important halls in Europe and in East Asia. He plays accompanied by pianists such as Staffan Scheja, Svetlana Navarssadian, Sophia Rahman, Michael Tsalka and Henrik Måwe.
Hugo gives masterclasses and seminars on violin teaching and lectures on music-related subjects all over the world. In autumn of 2008, he was invited to become the guest violin teacher and lecturer in music history at The New School in New York. Hugo's teaching searches for ways to apply the physical and spiritual aspects of meditation to practicing art, playing and living in music.[2]
Hugo started studying violin in London, before attending the University of Toronto. He continued studying with Russian violinists Nina and Oleg Balabina in Sweden, where he is now a citizen. Hugo has won the international competitions Giovani Talenti and Rovere d'Oro at San Bartolomeo al Mare, Italy in 2002, and the Mendelssohn Cup in Bari, Italy in 2004. In 2007, he was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Schools of Music in the United Kingdom.[2]
Projects edit
Ticciati has started a new festival named O/MODƏRNT (which means "Unmodern") as artistic director at Ulrikdals Palace Theatre Confidencen, in Sweden.[2]
Ticciati works in the contemporary music world with composers such as Albert Schnelzer, Anders Hillborg, Djuro Zivkovic, Leonardo Coral, Andrea Tarrodi, Tobias Broström, Thomas Jennefelt, Sergei Yevtushenko and Esaias Järnegard.[1] Within other projects, he is working with Bill Connor (English composer), on "An Improvised Violin Concerto". Over the next seasons, Ticciati will be performing concertos in Russia, Romania, Sweden, England and Mexico.[1]
Music Festivals edit
Ticciati has been invited to several renowned musical events, such as the Gotland Chamber Music Festival (Sweden), the St. Denis-Festival (Paris), and the Festival Internacional Cervantino, which is annually held in Guanajuato, Mexico.[3] In 2011, Sweden was a guest of honor in FIC and was represented by Angereds Teater, Åke Parmerud, Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, and Hugo Ticciati, who worked with Michael Tsalka.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Hugo Ticciati". Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Hugo Ticciati, violin". O Modernt. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Difundirán Países Nórdicos Sus Valores Culturales En México". NOTIMEX (in Spanish). June 24, 2011. ProQuest 873609273.