Robin Ticciati

That Robin is a kindred spirit was already clear to us at the very start of our relationship 10 years ago, and since this time our association has been able to flourish and grow. The success of our first concert together in December 2015 at the Cologne Philharmonie with Alina Ibragimova was followed by a week’s residency at Dubai’s Opera House in 2017 with Christian Tetzlaff. Since then we have enjoyed a series of wonderful musical adventures together, meeting with Robin several times a year and performing concerts featuring soloists including Lisa Batiashvili, Kirill Gerstein, Augustin Hadelich, Maria Ioudenitch, Bryn Terfel, Christian Tetzlaff, Francesco Piemontesi, Jean-Guihen Queyras, as well as singers Louise Alder, Natalya Boeva, Allan Clayton, Iestyn Davies, Magdalena Kožená and Gerhild Romberger.

On becoming COE Honorary Member Robin said: “Part of being a musician is about the daily necessity to reevaluate the notes we have in front of us, to search with integrity and occasional vulnerability, to quest for the ultimate truth from these wondrous composers in our lives: the COE makes that journey both possible and joyful. This is just the rehearsal… Add the audience and it is then that this magical group flies in concert with unshackled emotional zeal underpinned by a deep wisdom. Technique is never a barrier and the parasitic effect of ‘routine’ simply doesn’t exist. The COE is all about the music. That comes first. Not an easy thing to achieve today. It’s a privilege to work with them and I look forward to our future together.”

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