Artists biographies
Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Patricia Kopatchinskaja's performances during 2010/11 and 2011/12 range through the length and breadth of the violin repertoire, from baroque and classical (often played on gut strings) to a number of new commissions or re-interpretations of modern masterworks such as Peter Eötvös' Seven, Ligeti's Violin Concerto and works by Tigran Mansurian, Mauricio Sotelo, Vanessa Lann and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Future highlights include performances of Esa-Pekka Salonen's Violin Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra in November 2011 (with the composer conducting), concerts with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and an appearance with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the Philharmonie Köln. Patricia will also tour with the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées and I Solisti del Vento, appear with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Camerata Salzburg, and with the Tonkünstler-Orchester.
Chamber music is of immense importance to Patricia Kopatchinskaja's artistic life and her regular chamber partners include Fazil Say, Sol Gabetta, Mihaela Ursuleasa and Polina Leschenko, as well as members of her own family.
Patricia Kopatchinskaja was born in Moldova to musician parents and studied composition and violin in Vienna and Bern, followed by numerous prices and awards by international competitions.
Patricia Kopatchinskaja records exclusively for Naïve Classique. Her highly personal reading of Beethoven's Violin Concerto with Philippe Herreweghe and the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées won a BBC Music Magazine Award in 2010 and was described by The Strad magazine as the "best authentic version". This season sees Patricia record Bartók's second Violin Concerto, Ligeti's Violin Concerto and Peter Eötvös' Seven with the composer conducting in collaboration with hr-Sinfonieorchester and Ensemble Modern.
Future highlights include performances of Esa-Pekka Salonen's Violin Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra in November 2011 (with the composer conducting), concerts with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and an appearance with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the Philharmonie Köln. Patricia will also tour with the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées and I Solisti del Vento, appear with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Camerata Salzburg, and with the Tonkünstler-Orchester.
Chamber music is of immense importance to Patricia Kopatchinskaja's artistic life and her regular chamber partners include Fazil Say, Sol Gabetta, Mihaela Ursuleasa and Polina Leschenko, as well as members of her own family.
Patricia Kopatchinskaja was born in Moldova to musician parents and studied composition and violin in Vienna and Bern, followed by numerous prices and awards by international competitions.
Patricia Kopatchinskaja records exclusively for Naïve Classique. Her highly personal reading of Beethoven's Violin Concerto with Philippe Herreweghe and the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées won a BBC Music Magazine Award in 2010 and was described by The Strad magazine as the "best authentic version". This season sees Patricia record Bartók's second Violin Concerto, Ligeti's Violin Concerto and Peter Eötvös' Seven with the composer conducting in collaboration with hr-Sinfonieorchester and Ensemble Modern.
Patricia Kopatchinskaja © Marco Borggreve
Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Patricia Kopatchinskaja Portrait
