As the australian chamber orchestra wrapped up the final concert of its 2010 tour with moldovan violinist patricia kopatchinskaja, the ensemble members kicked off their shoes in honour of the. She was raised in chisinau in a family of musicians, and was exposed to folk music through her parents, violinist emilia kopatchinskaja and cimbalom player viktor kopatchinsky. Patricia kopatchinskaja fun with mendelssohn facebook. While her parents toured with the state folk ensemble, she took up the violin at six. Official website of patricia kopatchinskaja, musician and violinist. New realism an introduction to introduction to new realism fintan neylan explains the realism maurizio ferraris introduces in his introduction at the opening of his 1907 lecture series pragmatism, william james commented on the growing disparity between academic philosophy and a philosophy whose relevance ordinary people would feel in their lives. Being pat patricia kopatchinskaja, violinist on vimeo. This collaborative exploration of schuberts string quartet in d minor, d. 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. Patricia kopatchinskaja there are 9 patricia kopatchinskaja recordings available.
Patricia kopatchinskaja was born in moldova to musician parents. Patricia kopatchinskajas projects, schedule, pictures, videos, recordings. Violinist patricia kopatchinskajas versatility shows itself in her. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Kopatchinskajasay features the music of beethoven, ravel, bartok, and an original composition by say. The russian pianist polina leschenko, rather than offering a steadying hand with big, bold chords, is a subtle provocateur, forever daring barefoot pat kop to do something. It is said that patricia kopatchinskaja is as irresistible as a force of nature. Violinist kopatchinskaja brings inventive programming to.
Short interview with patkop about her experience with the chamber orchestra of europe on 12 may 2016 at the halle aux grains in toulouse, after she performed prokofievs. Only patricia kopatchinskaja would have made these connections, and no other violinist could bring them to life with such wildfire exuberance, verging on madcap abandon. Patricia kopatchinskaja explores musical fragments with. Patricia kopatchinskajas new recording of the prokofiev no 2 and stravinsky violin concertos will be released next month on the naive label. Marco borggreve p atricia kopatchinskaja is a violinist whose performances celebrate the act of. It offers the schubert quartet itself, in an arrangement for string orchestra by kopatchinskaja herself, that preserves the original quartet forces in some passages.
Recorded in october 2007 in koln, germany, it was released by naive classique on september 15, 2008. Patricia kopatchinskaja in a little night music the new. Find classical music concert listings patricia kopatchinskaja. Patricia kopatchinskaja is one of a tiny number of classical musicians since the second world war glenn gould was another who have managed to maintain a superstar career while playing wellknown scores in highly unconventional ways. Her diverse repertoire ranges from baroque and classical, to reinterpretations of modern masterworks and new commissions.
Patricia kopatchinskaja 14 hrs over in the fanclub we have a new audio recording. Best known for her quicksilver beethoven, patricia kopatchinskaja opens up her family album in this quirky collection of folk and folkinspired. Quite why an artist as sharply distinctive as the wild violinist patricia kopatchinskaja gets such a weak and blurry album cover beats me. Her release for naive classique with concerti by bartok, ligeti and peter. Belgium for the cd with violin concertos by stravinsky and prokofjev recorded with london philharmonic orchestra and vladimir jurowski naive. I got heavy criticism on youtube for this, but mendelssohn was 12 or years old when he wrote it. While her parents were on concert tour through the former. Ligeti violin concerto 2 patricia kopatchinskaja vn. Wild child of violin on a meteoric rise the new york times. Find the best clips, watch programmes, catch up on the news, and read the latest patricia kopatchinskaja interviews.
Bartok 1st sonata with unforgettable mihaela ursuleasa click blue visit group button below title picture. Patricia kopatchinskaja has won critical acclaim for her musicianship and widespread notice for her unusual performing style. Barefoot fiddler patricia kopatchinskaja on her craziest. Her parents were both with the state folk ensemble of moldova. Patricia kopatchinskaja plays bartok, eotvos, lige. Patricia kopatchinskaja is a moldovanaustrian violinist. 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. With tito munoz conducting, kopatchinskaja was the soloist in the new work, too. The exciting young moldovan violinist patricia kopatchinskaya, who early in 2010 won a bbc music magazine award for her recording of beethovens violin concerto, is here joined by a small group of musicians including her mother, also a violinist, and father a renowned cimbalom player, in a selection of pieces that reflect eastern european folk and gypsy traditions. Music is not like relaxing in a sauna or spa the violinist, a maverick in the classical world, explains why she wants her music to disturb neil fisher. Patricia kopatchinskaja was born in 1977 in chisinau, moldova.
A combination of depth, brilliance and humour, kopatchinskaja brings an inimitable sense of theatrics to her music. And some remarks about composers and violin playing. Exploring creativity and collaboration with patricia. Coming from the woman described as the most exciting violinist in the world, this is disconcerting. 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 hums along with the orchestras while accompanying them on stage. 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 re. But then everything about kopachinskaja is startling. The official youtube channel of violinist patricia kopatchinskaja. Patricia kopatchinskajas stunning return to seattle thomas may, 30 jan patkop gives a lifeordeath account of shostakovichs first violin concerto with the seattle symphony and thomas dausgaard on a programme framed by scandinavian colours. Patricia kopatchinskaja music, videos, stats, and photos. 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 the formality and the arbitrary sophistication of the concert hall.
Patricia kopatchinskaja on artistic principles, interpretive freedom, and recording the music that needs her most. Thats why kopatchinskaja took the liberty to invite her father to play the piano part on the cymbalom for her recording for naive. Ears open event with patricia kopatchinskaja youtube. Bartoks two violin rhapsodies 1928 are similar to the tzigane, being in two parts and slowfast. She leads a program that explores the mystery behind various incomplete musical fragments as well as music from their grammywinning album, schuberts death and the maiden quartet. Patricia kopatchinskaja jazzes up beethoven concerto with.
She completed her studies at the state conservatoire, where she studied classical violin and gained a soloist diploma. Emilia kopatchinskaja was born in moldova and attended music school in the capital chi. An introduction to introduction to new realism issue 1. Take two includes compositions from bach, miljaud, cage, sanchezchiong, and many more. A streak of independence violinist patricia kopatchinskaja on art, interpretation, and musical commitment by laurence vittes julia wesely.
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. The saint paul chamber orchestra performs this week with one of their artistic partners, violinist patricia kopatchinskaja. 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. She studied composition and violin in vienna and bern. She has all the qualities of a great one, yet you will have to discover patricia on your own. 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. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
Whats it like being acclaimed violinist patricia kopatchinskaja patriciakopatchinskaja. Ethnographic realism, either a descriptive word, i. Listen patricia kopatchinskaja leads the spco in fragments 6min 51sec. Enescu ligeti etc, rapsodia patricia kopatchinskaja naive. Park avenue armory patricia kopatchinskaja, violin. Les noces patricia kopatchinskaja, teodor currentzis on allmusic 2016 iconoclastic conductor teodor currentzis and his. Patricia kopatchinskaja was born in moldova in 1977 in to a family of musicians.