Alumni

Robin Ticciati

Conductor, Music student (2001-04)

“Clare let me breathe, discover and give all of myself to music”

“Clare let me breathe, discover and give all of myself to music: almost everything that one needs to begin the journey of becoming an honest musician – I am so thankful for these beautiful buildings, the gardens, the staff and all these memories. I used to creep into the organ loft to hear the Choir sing Evensong – remarkable. Where can one find an ‘institution’ where one can hear Harris Bring us O Lord sung by one of the best choirs in the world, then go to take a rehearsal of Sibelius 3 (was a disaster) and round the whole day off by trying to read some Goethe for a course on Faust (never got round to Part II…) – I would recommend Clare College to any musician that loves music and wants to do more than just be able to beat time or play the right notes. Clare lets people find their wrong notes and in turn lets the right ones bloom!”

Robin Ticciati is Principal Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Bamberger Symphoniker.

Born in London, 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. He studied Music at Clare College, Cambridge.

He has worked with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Munich, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Filarmonica della Scala and Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Robin Ticciati balances orchestral engagements with extensive work in the opera house, including Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne, Le Nozze di Figaro at the Salzburg Festival, Hansel and Gretel for his Metropolitan Opera debut, Eugene Onegin at the Royal Opera House and Peter Grimes for his debut at La Scala Milan. In 2011, he was appointed Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera from January 2014.