Hugo Ticciati

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Ticciati in 2016.

Hugo Ticciati (born April 12, 1980) is a British-born violinist, living in Sweden. He has been successful in several worldwide events such as the (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[]

At twelve he entered the world of fame in the Edinburgh Festival and at Queen Elizabeth Hall. Since then, Ticciati has been performing with several orchestras from England, Romania, Sweden, the Far East, Estonia and the USA.[1] Some of his career highlights have taken place in concertos performed in the Baltic Sea Festival in Sweden, the Carnegie Hall, and the Hermitage Music Festival held in St Petersburg.[2] Ticciati currently gives regular concerts in important halls in Europe and in the Far East. He plays accompanied by pianists such as Staffan Scheja, Svetlana Navarssadian, Sophia Rahman, Michael Tsalka and Henrik Måwe.

Hugo normally gives masterclasses and seminars on violin teaching and lectures on music-related subjects all over the world. In autumn 2008, he was invited to become the guest violin teacher and lecturer in music history at a new university in New York. Hugo’s teaching basically searches for ways to apply the physical and spiritual aspects of meditation to practicing art, playing and living in music.[2]

London was the place where Hugo started studying violin, before going to the University of Toronto. He continued studying with the Russian violinists, Nina and Oleg Balabina in Sweden, where he now is considered as a Swedish citizen. Hugo has won the international competitions Giovani Talenti and Rovere d’Oro at San Bartolomeo al Mare, Italy (2002), and the Mendelssohn Cup in Bari, Italy (2004). In 2007 he was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Schools of Music in the United Kingdom.[2]

Projects[]

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, , , , Thomas Jennefelt, and .[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[]

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] For this year (2011) Sweden, a guest of honor in FIC, will be represented by Angereds Teater, Åke Parmerud, , and Hugo Ticciati, who will be working with Michael Tsalka.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Hugo Ticciati". Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d "Hugo Ticciati, violin". Sweden: O Modernt. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Difundirán Países N��rdicos Sus Valores Culturales En México". NOTIMEX (in Spanish). Latin American Newsstand. June 24, 2011. ProQuest 873609273.
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