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Born in London, Robin Ticciati trained as a violinist, pianist and percussionist before taking up conducting aged 15 under the guidance of Sir Colin Davis and Sir Simon Rattle. Awarded an OBE in 2019, he marks his tenth anniversary as Glyndebourne’s music director in 2024. There, he leads a new production of Bizet’s Carmen this summer, and on 29 July will conduct Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s production of Wagner’s .

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