Patricia Kopatchinskaja - violin
Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja‘s versatility shows
itself in her diverse repertoire, ranging from baroque and classical often
played on gut strings, to new commissions and re-interpretations of modern
masterworks.
Highlights of the 2015/16 season include performances with Staatskapelle
Berlin, a residency at the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg and a collaboration with
Teodor Currentzis and Musica Aeterna with whom she will appear at Bremen
Festspiele and tour across Europe. Kopatchinskaja will also tour with
Camerata Salzburg under Langrée, La Chambre Philharmonique under Krivine,
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, collaborate with Vladimir Jurowski and his
State Academic Symphony Orchestra in Moscow and perform with the Houston
Symphony and Seatle Symphony Orchestra.
In London, Kopatchinskaja appears with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
under Jurowski and she is the central figure of the ‘Marin, Madness and
Music’ weekend at the Southbank Centre – where she will perform with the
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightment, Kafka Fragments with Anu
Komsi and works by Ustvolskaja.
Kopatchinskaja performs a number of new commission premieres this season:
Turnage’s new piece for Violin and Cello with Sol Gabetta; Mauricio
Sotelo’s new composition for string orchestra, flamenco dance and
percussion with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra – where she is an Artistic
Partner – as well as a new piece by Michael Hersch and the French premiere
of Michael van der Aa’s new Violin Concerto.
Last season’s highlights included her debut with the Berliner
Philharmoniker performing Peter Eötvös’ DoReMi under the baton of
the composer himself. She also performed at the closing concerts of Lincoln
Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, appeared with the London Philharmonic
Orchestra at the Edinburgh International and Santander festivals and toured
Switzerland with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under Sakari
Oramo.
Chamber music is immensely important to Kopatchinskaja and she performs
regularly with artists such as Markus Hinterhäuser and Polina Leschenko as
well as members of her own family. She is a founding member of the
acclaimed quartet-lab – a string quartet with Isabelle van Keulen,
Lilli Maijala and Pieter Wispelwey – with whom she undertakes a major
European tour in autumn 2015.
A prolific recording artist, this 2015/2016 season will see three major
releases, one with Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltica a CD of
Kancheli’s music, TAKE TWO on Outhere/Alpha and Tchaikovsky’s Violin
Concerto with Teodor Currentzis and Musica Aeterna on the Sony label. Her
release for Naïve Classique with concerti by Bartók, Ligeti and Peter
Eötvös won Gramophone’s Recording of the Year Award in 2013, the ECHO
Klassik Award and a 2014 Grammy nomination.