Born in sovietcontrolled moldova to parents emilia violinist and viktor cimbalom player the family emigrated to vienna in 1989 to escape rough economic conditions kopatchinskaja picked up the violin at the age of six and is now widely considered the worlds most exciting violinist. Bern, switzerland patricia kopatchinskaja would rather be known for the passion and virtuosity of her violin playing than for the fact that she often performs barefoot or that sometimes she. Shes also known to perform barefoot, as well as for her fiery stage actions her colleagues describe her face as expressive as a stage actors midsong and penchant for improvisation. Kopatchinskaja, famous for her barefoot performances, powered through the wollongong concert despite not hearing a note, before being rushed to a doctor. The violinist, who is one of the ensembles artistic partners, gave the world premiere of michael herschs violin concerto alongside performances of beethovens violin concerto on 5 and 6 november at ordway concert hall in. Barefoot violinist, offbeat premiere on quirky concert classical. Moldovan violinist patricia kopatchinskaja fires up spco. Violinist kopatchinskaja brings inventive programming to. This intimate disc captures her raw energy and stylistic hunger, with a mixture of folksongs, 20th century and contemporary classical works for violin with accompanying piano, double bass and cimbalom.
Official website of patricia kopatchinskaja, musician and. Whats it like being acclaimed violinist patricia kopatchinskaja. Patkop the fearless barefoot violinist from moldova. The world she was in was that of alban berg, whose violin concerto she. Artistic partner patricia kopatchinskaja leads a program that explores the mystery behind various incomplete musical fragments. She is performing this month with the australian chamber orchestra aco, which is renowned for its diversity in delivering some of the most worlds most inspired programs, including projects and. Ligeti violin concerto 2 patricia kopatchinskaja vn. Her parents were both with the state folk ensemble of moldova. Meet the artist patricia kopatchinskaja the crosseyed. The most astonishing musicmaking, however, came from.
Patricia kopatchinskaja, fazil say beethoven, ravel, bartok, say. Violinist patricia kopatchinskaja performs at a small benefit concert for ojai donors at. Her first visit to ojai was in april 2016 as a guest on the festivals offseason open ears series. Patricia kopatchinskaja, born in moldova, studied composition and violin in vienna and bern. She harnesses her spontaneous, combustible artistry to a programme packed. Sol gabetta and patricia kopatchinskaja play a programme that leads from baroque to contemporary music. Violin sonatas by patricia kopatchinskaja 20081028 music. Park avenue armory patricia kopatchinskaja, violin. Patricia kopatchinskaja is a moldovanaustrianswiss violinist. Barefoot fiddler patricia kopatchinskaja on her craziest. Nov 26, 2014 violinist patricia kopatchinskaja performs felix mendelssohns violin concerto in d minor with the saint paul chamber orchestra excerpt recorded november 21, 2014. She studied composition and violin in vienna and bern. Patricia kopatchinskaja read more about this and other grammys news at. Patricia kopatchinskaja is a musical natural phenomenon.
Patricia kopatchinskaja was recently described by the guardian as a violinist who makes music seem a direct, almost unmediated communication of a state of mind. Patricia kopatchinskajas projects, schedule, pictures, videos, recordings. Violinist patricia kopatchinskaja awarded prestigious. Whats it like being acclaimed violinist patricia kopatchinskaja patriciakopatchinskaja. The inclusion of other infrequently recorded works, the two romances for violin and orchestra, and the fragment from an uncompleted c major concerto, makes this disc even more attractive. She is drawn to classical works that include folk elements, and by emphasizing their earthy textures and infectious rhythms, she is able to rescue them from both. Patricia kopatchinskaja, fazil say beethoven, ravel.
Now patricia kopatchinskaja is making her debut at the edinburgh festival. Patricia kopatchinskaja was born in moldova in 1977 in to a family of musicians. The winners of the 2018 60th annual grammy awards have been announced in new york city including experimental moldovanaustrian violinist patricia kopatchinskaja and celebrated american composer jennifer higdon the 2018 best chamber musicsmall ensemble performance grammy award was presented to violin virtuoso patricia kopatchinskaja and the. In company with her regular duo partner, patricia kopatchinskaja begins her wigmore hall residency by travelling through the vast range of styles, technical challenges and musical rewards of two pairs of works. Composed by heinz holliger violin patricia kopatchinskaja, reto bieri. One often forgets that bach was a remarkable pedagogue next to his compositional genius. The winner of numerous awards including the 20 royal philharmonic societys instrumentalist of the year is this seasons artist in residence at the berlin konzerthaus, at londons wigmore hall and at the kissinger sommer festival. Kopatchinskaja and leschenko bring their quest for fresh. Aug 24, 2016 bern, switzerland patricia kopatchinskaja would rather be known for the passion and virtuosity of her violin playing than for the fact that she often performs barefoot or that sometimes. Moreover, because my older sister already played the violin, i.
Violinist patricia kopatchinskaja withdraws from concerts. Who or what inspired you to take up the violin and pursue a career in music. By the crosseyed pianist february 11, 2018 march 1, 2018. Patricia kopatchinskaja was forced to cancel a performance with the saint paul chamber orchestra on saturday because of an arm injury.
Aug 22, 2014 in this exclusive video for the guardian, moldovan violinist patricia kopatchinskaja plays and discusses bartoks 2nd violin concerto as she prepares to perform it with the london philharmonic. She harnesses her spontaneous, combustible artistry to a programme packed with contrasts, emotions and vivid impressions. Patricia kopatchinskaja s projects, schedule, pictures, videos, recordings. Jun, 2018 when tom morris, the director of the ojai music festival in southern california, tapped patricia kopatchinskaja to curate this years festival, the visionary moldovanborn violinist didnt. Patricia kopatchinskaja, wigmore hall, friday 16 february 2018 pressendas in the lower registers have a characteristic violalike timbre, with a dark sound on the g string. Jan 12, 2011 dubbed the barefoot fiddler, patricia kopatchinskaja is a young violinist from moldova. Official website of patricia kopatchinskaja, musician and violinist. The last part of bachs magnum opus, his art of fugue, trails off mysteriously midsentence just as bach embarks on a complex fugue that contains his musical signature. Moldovan violinist patricia kopatchinskaja has already applied her virtuosity to a musical depiction of the columbia shuttle disaster, down to. Sep 20, 20 the words tumble out with the same impunity as the notes that flow from patricia kopatchinskajas violin when she plays one of her idiosyncratic improvisations. So it was a privilege to hear the superb violinist patricia kopatchinskaja, born in moldova in 1977, play the bartok sonata and the great chaconne from bachs partita no. Les noces patricia kopatchinskaja, teodor currentzis on allmusic 2016 iconoclastic conductor teodor currentzis and his. Patricia kopatchinskajas graphic description of the way she thinks the soloists narrative unfolds through the first movement of the tchaikovsky violin concerto is certainly provocative.
I come from a family of professional musicians, and it was always clear that i would do music. Patricia kopatchinskaja tweaked the masters concerto in d. Dressed in a fashionably torn formal outfit and barefoot, she. Kopatchinskaja, renowned for her technical control and breadth of repertoire, has a familial connection to music, especially the folk traditions of moldova, where she began playing violin as a. Traditionalists will no doubt be outraged at what seems on paper to be a deliberately wilful, perverse and mannered approach to an old favourite. Jul 12, 20 captivating, freespirited violinist patricia kopatchinskaja performs bach and mendelssohn concertos in her signature enchanting, barefoot style.
Here i want to talk about the two newest entry janine jansen and patricia kopatchinskaja. For many of those attending a patricia kopatchinskaja performance for the first. The least that one could say about the art of moldavian violinist patricia kopatchinskaja is that one cannot be left indifferent by it so completely does she set herself apart from her smoother, more mainstream peers. In this concert, kirill petrenko made his last appearance with the berliner philharmoniker before taking up office as their chief conductor. Moldovan born violinist and one of the most distinctive voices in the violin world, patricia kopatchinskajas unique approach shows itself in her diverse repertoire ranging from baroque and classical works played on gut strings, to new commissions and. Patricia kopatchinskaja performs bartoks violin concerto no. The music magazine of bbc give one more star for patricia over that of janine. And some remarks about composers and violin playing.
Born into a moldavian family of popular folk musicians and later a student of violin and composition in vienna and bern, patricia kopatchinskaja performs a truly wide range of music. If i have the choice between perfection and risk, i choose risk. Subsequently, it took only the first few bars of poulencs violin sonata. Cadenza for gyorgy ligetis violin concerto patricia kopatchinskaja, violin sir simon rattle, conductor berliner philharmoniker recorded at the berlin. Moldovan violinist patricia kopatchinskaja has already applied her virtuosity to a musical depiction of the columbia shuttle disaster, down to the sounds of the rockets blasting the doomed craft into space and its disintegration on reentry.
The bach society of minnesota opens its 85th season with a wideranging concert featuring spanish mezzosoprano nerea berraondo, percussionist ziya tabassian and artistic director matthias maute. Iconoclastic conductor teodor currentzis and his musicaeterna orchestra, way out in perm the hometown of diaghilev, among others, are never dull in the least, and currentzis deserves credit for rethinking mozart, rameau, and other music of the 18th century in fundamental ways. Captivating, freespirited violinist patricia kopatchinskaja performs bach and mendelssohn concertos in her signature enchanting, barefoot style. Violinist patricia kopatchinskaja performs felix mendelssohns violin concerto in d minor with the saint paul chamber orchestra excerpt recorded november 21, 2014. Patricia kopatchinskaja performed the tchaikovsky violin concerto in her preferred manner, barefoot, with conductor mirga grazinytetyla and. At first, it might seem as though she has somehow slipped through the net of modernism, but nothing could be less true one of the. Fragments with patricia kopatchinskaja april 26may 5. First, soloist patricia kopatchinskaja showed how much virtuosity and expressive variety there is in arnold schoenbergs violin concerto.
Patricia kopatchinskaja has a distinctive voice as a violinist, with both her style and her technique marrying eastern european gypsy music with central european classical traditions. Patricia kopatchinskaja schumann fantasy for violin. The park avenue armory conservancy is a notforprofit organization dedicated to restoring the park avenue armory and bringing it back to life as a dynamic center for the visual and performing arts, following a model of adaptive reuse for artistic uses found in several european and american cities, but not in new york. Patricia kopatchinskaja jazzes up beethoven concerto with. Its hard not to get swept up in her sheer love of music, her sense. Patricia kopatchinskaja plays tchaikovskys violin concerto. Patricia kopatchinskaja was born in 1977 in chisinau, moldova. Awardwinning virtuoso violinist patricia kopatchinskaja, or patkop for short, sets the world of classical music on fire with her adventurous style. Patricia kopatchinskaja born 1977 is a moldovanaustrianswiss violinist. Violinist patricia kopatchinskaja withdraws from concerts due.
Patricia kopatchinskaja plays bartok, eotvos, lige. Patricia kopatchinskaja guest director and violin australian chamber orchestra a free spirit who. Wild child of classical violin shes described as the worlds most exciting violinist. Patricia kopatchinskaja guest director and violin australian chamber orchestra a free spirit who approaches music with an unquenchable sense of fun and discovery, violinist patricia kopatchinskaja. So violinist patricia kopatchinskaja might be exactly what the genre needs. The violinist, who is one of the ensembles artistic partners, gave the world premiere of michael herschs violin concerto alongside performances of beethovens violin concerto on 5 and 6 november at ordway concert hall in st paul, minnesota, but withdrew. The pressenda played by patricia kopatchinskaja dates from 1834, when the maker was nearly 60 and at the height of his powers. Dubbed the barefoot fiddler, patricia kopatchinskaja is a young violinist from moldova.
Sep 29, 2009 the inclusion of other infrequently recorded works, the two romances for violin and orchestra, and the fragment from an uncompleted c major concerto, makes this disc even more attractive. Patricia kopatchinskaja of moldova is rarely at her home in bern. The official youtube channel of violinist patricia kopatchinskaja. Patricia kopatchinskaja, fazil say beethoven, ravel, bartok. Patricia kopatchinskaja in a little night music the new. Utterly fresh in her approach, she imagined it as a surreal psychodrama without words, volcanic in its outbursts, startling in its. Violinist patricia kopatchinskajas seattle symphony debut drew.
Mar 14, 2014 moldovan violinist patricia kopatchinskaja has already applied her virtuosity to a musical depiction of the columbia shuttle disaster, down to the sounds of the rockets blasting the doomed craft. The critic says that janine is too tame and follows too much to the traditional pattern but patricia is more inventive. Dubbed as the wild child of the violin, pat kop is known as much for the passion and virtuosity of her playing as for her idiosyncratic trademark of playing barefoot. Then came tchaikovskys passionate fifth symphony in a performance full of power and dedication, with a final. The words tumble out with the same impunity as the notes that flow from patricia kopatchinskajas violin when she plays one of her idiosyncratic improvisations. Read more at wikipedia this entry is from wikipedia, the usercontributed encyclopedia.
When tom morris, the director of the ojai music festival in southern california, tapped patricia kopatchinskaja to curate this years. Before casting them aside and starting to play barefoot to have better. Wild child of violin on a meteoric rise the new york times. Her diverse repertoire ranges from baroque and classical, to reinterpretations of modern masterworks and new commissions. This is what i particularly adore and why i chose this violin patricia kopatchinskaja. Bern, switzerland patricia kopatchinskaja would rather be known for the passion and virtuosity of her violin playing than for the fact that she often performs barefoot or that sometimes. Violinist patricia kopatchinskajas versatility shows itself in her diverse repertoire, ranging from baroque and classical often played on gut strings, to new commissions and reinterpretations of modern masterworks. Being pat patricia kopatchinskaja, violinist on vimeo.
Oct 20, 2017 the bach society of minnesota opens its 85th season with a wideranging concert featuring spanish mezzosoprano nerea berraondo, percussionist ziya tabassian and artistic director matthias maute. Barefoot fiddler acos captivating guest violinist in july. With tito munoz conducting, kopatchinskaja was the soloist in the new work, too, the concerto for violin and chamber ensemble by. On thursday, she was the soloist for two violin concertos, delivering a.
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