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.
PERFORMERS
Hugo Ticciati violin, director
Nils Landgren trombone
Gwilym Simcock piano, arranger
Robert Ikiz percussion
Jordi Carrasco Hjelm double bass
Irina Zahharenkova piano
Christoffer Sundqvist clarinet
Johannes Marmén arranger
O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra
Violin
Clara Bjerhag, Siljamari Heikinheimo, Sofia Kortelainen,
Laura Lunansky, Sofie Sunnerstam, Liana Svensson,
Hugo Ticciati, Annette Walther
Viola
Bryony Gibson-Cornish, Xandi van Dijk, Francis Kefford
Cello
Julian Arp, Claude Frochaux, Jonathan Weigle
Bass
Kuba Becerra, Jordi Carrasco Hjelm