Robin Ticciati

Conductor Robin Ticciati, a protégé of Simon Rattle and Colin Davis, is a rising star who specializes in late Romantic repertory. He is the principal conductor of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Ticciati was born in London on April 16, 1983. His father and mother are, respectively, a lawyer and a therapist, but his paternal grandfather was a composer, cellist, and keyboardist. Ticciati showed multiple talents as a teen, joining the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain as both a violinist and timpanist. He began teaching himself conducting at age 15, and he was ...