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milestones is a cross-genre project by violinist Hugo Ticciati and the O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra, bringing together music by Josquin des Prez, Igor Stravinsky, and Miles Davis. Conceived around shared anniversary years, the album reflects O/Modernt’s practice of placing music from different periods and traditions into direct conversation. Instrumental arrangements and collaborative performances draw attention to common ground between Renaissance polyphony, early modernism, and jazz, particularly in approaches to rhythm, texture, and improvisation. Recorded in Germany and the UK in 2021, the project documents an ensemble-led approach that emphasises attentive listening, flexible roles for soloists, and collective music-making across stylistic boundaries.

With his inexhaustible enthusiasm for artistic innovation, violinist and conductor Hugo Ticciati embraces the full spectrum of creative expression. Aside from his roles as O/Modernt’s Artistic Director and leader of O/Modernt ensembles, he regularly performs in prominent venues across the globe. Conversely, when taking a break from devising his acclaimed programmes, he can be found improvising with monks in India.

Hugo’s passion for early music and non-Western musical traditions, intertwined with his love for the classical canon and the world of new music, alongside rock and pop, are clearly reflected in his vision for O/Modernt, which he founded in 2011. Similarly, at least forty new works have been written for him by a host of eminent composers, most notably Erkki-Sven Tüür, Pēteris Vasks, Victoria Borisova-Ollas, Albert Schnelzer and Dobrinka Tabakova.

As a soloist and conductor, Hugo frequently collaborates with the Basel Chamber Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra and Camerata Strumentale ‘Città di Prato’. Notable recent highlights include performances with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester in Berlin, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Kammerakademie Potsdam and Tapiola Sinfonietta.

Hugo frequently gives masterclasses and lectures on music-related subjects at educational institutions throughout Europe and further afield. He is also Deputy Artistic Director of Lilla Akademien, Scandinavia’s leading specialist music school, and he curates the concert season at the recently inaugurated Queen Silvia Concert Hall in Stockholm.