Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Patricia Kopatchinskaja | |
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 Kopatchinskaja in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | March 1977 (age 47) Chișinău,Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic,Soviet Union |
| Genres | Classical music |
| Instrument | Violin |
| Website | patriciakopatchinskaja |
Patricia Kopatchinskaja(born March 1977)[1]is a Moldovan-Austrian-Swiss violinist.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Kopatchinskaja was born inChișinău,in theMoldavian Soviet Socialist Republic(nowMoldova). She comes from a family of musicians. Her parents were both with the state folk ensemble of Moldova: her mother, Emilia Kopatchinskaja, was a violinist, and her father,Viktor Kopatchinsky,was acimbalomplayer. While her parents were on concert tour through the formerEastern bloc,she grew up with her grandparents.[2][3]She started playing the violin at age 6.[4]
In 1989, the family fled toVienna.[5]Kopatchinskaja entered theUniversity of Music and Performing Arts, Viennaat age 17,[2]where she studiedmusical compositionandviolin.From age 21 to 23, she finished her studies inBern,[2]at theMusikhochschule,where her teachers includedIgor Ozim.Kopatchinskaja, her Swiss neurologist husband,[6][7]and their daughter live in Bern, Switzerland.[4]
Career
[edit]In 2016, Kopatchinskaja wrote an editorial forThe Guardianoutlining her approach to music and her career and her preference for playing music "from the borders" of the repertoire instead of the standard repertoire of "Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, and Bruch."[8]She later said, "Standard pieces should be used only as exceptional, rare elements in programmes. There are enough recordings out there already.… The classical music industry is so far behind. If someone does anything that’s even just a tiny bit different, it becomes a huge, heated discussion."[9]
In 2014, the BritishRoyal Philharmonic Societygave Kopatchinskaja one of its annual Music Awards in the instrumentalist category, calling her an "irresistible force of nature: passionate, challenging and totally original in her approach".[10]
Soloist
[edit]Kopatchinskaja has played with most of the important European orchestras including Vienna, Berlin and London Philharmonic.[citation needed]She regularly plays in Japan and Australia and recently also extended her activity to the United States, South America, Russia and China. She has ongoing collaborations with conductors includingTeodor Currentzis,Péter Eötvös,Iván Fischer,Heinz Holliger,Vladimir Jurowski,Andrés Orozco-Estrada,Kirill Petrenko,Sir Simon RattleandFrançois-Xavier Roth.
Leading orchestras and festivals
[edit]Kopatchinskaja's experience as a leader of ensembles and chamber orchestras includes a tour withBritten Sinfonia,repeated tours withMahler Chamber OrchestraandAustralian Chamber Orchestraand being an artistic partner of theSaint Paul Chamber Orchestrasince 2014.[11]Presently she is an artistic partner of the Camerata Bern. She has organised several staged concert productions, including "Death and the Maiden" with theSaint Paul Chamber Orchestra,"Bye-Bye Beethoven" with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, "Dies Irae" with Lucerne Festival Alumni, and "War and Chips" and "Time and Eternity" with Camerata Bern.
From 2003 to 2005 Kopatchinskaja organised the Rüttihubeliade festival in the Swiss Alps. In June 2018, she was the music director of theOjai Music Festivalin California.[12]
Chamber music partners
[edit]Regular chamber music partners include cellistSol Gabetta,clarinettist Reto Bieri and the pianistsJoonas Ahonen,Markus Hinterhäuser,Polina Leschenkoand Anthony Romaniuk. In April 2016, Kopatchinskaja performed withAnoushka Shankarat a concert inKonzerthaus Berlin,Germany.TheRaga Piloowas composed, performed and recorded byRavi Shankaras a duet withYehudi Menuhinon the albumWest Meets East, Volume 2in 1968.
Historically informed performance
[edit]Kopatchinskaja has collaborated withIl Giardino Armonico,theAkademie für Alte Musik Berlin,MusicAeterna Perm, theOrchestre des Champs-Élysées,theOrchestra of the Age of Enlightenmentunder the direction ofGiovanni Antonini,René JacobsandPhilippe Herreweghe.She also has performed withSir Roger NorringtonandRoy Goodman.
New music and works
[edit]Kopatchinskaja has been outspoken in her support of new works and living composers, as well as works not considered part of the standard violin repertoire. She has performed and recorded works byLuca Francesconi,Francisco Coll García,Mark-Anthony Turnage,Sanchez-Chiong,Stefano Gervasoni,Simone Movio,Michael Hersch,Esa Pekka Salonen,Péter Eötvös,Heinz Holliger,andMichel van der Aa.Her "Time and Eternity" program withCamerata Bern,recorded for Alpha Classics, featured music byJohn Zorn,Ikonnikow, Tadeusz Sygietynski,Machaut,and Bach, along withKarl Amadeus Hartmann'sConcerto Funebre.
Voice
[edit]Kopatchinskaja uses the voice in several compositions, includingJohn Cage'sLiving Room Music,Jorge Sanchez-Chiong'sCrin,Michael Hersch's Duo for violin and celloDas Rückgrat berstend,Heinz Holliger'sDas kleine Irgendwas,her own cadenza forGyörgy Ligeti'sViolin Concerto,andOtto Zykan'sDas mit der Stimme.
In 2017, Kopatchinskaja performed the voice part (Sprechgesang) inArnold Schoenberg'sPierrot lunairein the USA[13]and since 2018 has performed the piece many times with, among others, members of the Berlin Philharmonic, the Montreal and Göteborg Symphonies, and her own ensemble.
In 2018–19, Kopatchinskaja and some friends made a film based onKurt Schwitters's Dadaistic nonsense poem "Ursonate"(1932). It has been shown at several festivals.[14]
Violin
[edit]Kopatchinskaja plays a violin byGiovanni Francesco Pressenda(Turin) in 1834,[15]whichThe Strad's Dennis Rooney called "a very colourful-sounding instrument whose viola-like quality lent her playing exceptional tonal interest". In 2010, she briefly played the 1741 "ex-Carrodus" violin byGuarneri del Gesù,on loan from the Austrian National Bank but had to give it back because of unresolvable problems with Swiss customs authorities. In period-instrument environments, she uses a violin by Ferdinando Gagliano (Naples, ca. 1780, mounted with a lowered bridge and gut strings) and appropriate bows.
First performances
[edit]Kopatchinskaja has given first performances of numerous works, e.g.:
- 2004/5 seven first performances, among them violin concertos dedicated to her byJohanna Doderer[16]andOtto Zykan
- 2005/6 first performances of violin concertos dedicated to her by Gerald Resch andGerd Kührwith the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
- 2007/8 first performances of violin concertos dedicated to her by Jürg Wyttenbach and the Turkish composer/pianistFazıl Say
- 2009 first performance of the violin concerto dedicated to her by Faradj Karajew
- 2011 first performance of violin concertos dedicated to her by Maurizio Sotelo and Helmut Oehring ( "Four seasons" ) as well as the work "Oh whispering suns" for double choir, solo violin and cymbal byVanessa Lann
- 2012 first performance of the Romance for violin and strings dedicated to her byTigran Mansurianwith Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
- 2014 first performance of her own violin concerto "Hortus animae" with Camerata Bern.[17]
- 2015 (August) first performance of «Dialogue», concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra byMark-Anthony Turnage(withSol Gabettaand Gstaad Festival Orchestra).
- 2015 (November) first performance of the violin concerto written for her by the American composerMichael Herschwith the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.[18]
- 2016 first performance of Mauricio Sotelo's "Red Inner Light Sculpture" for Solo Violin, Strings, percussion and Flamenco Dancer (commissioned by P.K.)[19]
- 2017 first performance ofMichael Hersch's duet for violin and cello "Das Rückgrat berstend", with Jay Campbell.
- 2019 first performance of Michel van der Aa's Double concerto for violin and violoncello with Sol Gabetta, Concertgebouw Orchestra and Peter Eötvös.
- 2019 first performance of Francisco Coll's double concerto für violin and violoncello with Sol Gabetta und Camerata Bern, composer directing.
- 2019 first performance of Francisco Coll's LaLuLa-Lied.
- 2019 first performance of the duo for violin and cello by Marton Illes with Jay Campbell in Santa Barbara, California.
- 2020 first performance of the violin concerto by Marton Illes with WDR-Orchestra Cologne, directed by Michael Wendeberg
- 2020 first performance of the violin concerto by Francisco Coll with Luxembourg Philharmonic directed by Gustavo Gimeno.
- 2020 first performance of the violin concerto "Possible Places" by Dmitri Kourliandski (b.1976) with SWR-orchestra Stuttgart and Teodor Currentzis.
- 2020 First performance of the double concerto for two violins "Gemini" by Helene Winkelmann, with Helene Winkelmann, Basel Symphony Orchestra and Ivor Bolton.
- 2021 First performance of the violin concerto "Corpo elettrico" by Luca Francesconi in Porto with Orquestra Sinfónica Casa da Música and Stephan Blunier (followed by the French premiere in Paris).
- 2021 First performance of the concerto for violin, orchestra and electronics by Fred Popovici with Moldova Philharmonic Orchestra Iasi (Romania) and Adrian Petrescu in Iasi und Bucarest[20]
Richard Carrick,Violeta Dinescu,Michalis Economou,Heinz Holliger,Ludwig Nussbichler, Jorge Sánchez-Chiong,Ivan Sokolov,andBoris Yoffehave also written works for her.[citation needed]
Awards
[edit]- 1997: 2nd prize in the age group 18 to 23 in the category "Strings" at theClassica NovaInternational Competition In MemoriamDmitri ShostakovichinHanover,Germany[21]
- 2000: 1st prize in the InternationalHenryk SzeryngCompetition in Mexico
- 2002:Credit SuisseYoung Artist Award
- 2004: New Talent – SPP Award of theEuropean Broadcasting Union(EBU)[22]
- 2006:Deutschlandfunk-award of the Bremer Musikfest[23]
- 2008: Award of the music commission Kanton Bern, Switzerland
- 2009:ECHOin the category chamber music for the CD recorded withFazıl Say(works by Beethoven, Ravel, Bártok & Say)
- 2010: BBC-Music-Magazine award (orchestral category) for the CD recorded with Philippe Herreweghe and the Orchestre des Champs Elysees: Collected works for violin and orchestra by Beethoven
- 2011: "Golden Bow" -award of the Meiringen music festival, Switzerland
- 2012: Praetorius music award of the countyNiedersachsen,Germany in the category "musical innovation"
- 2013:ECHOin the category concert recording of the year (20th/21st century/violin) for the double-CD with violin concertos by Bartók, Ligeti and Eötvös, recorded with thehr-SinfonieorchesterFrankfurt respectivelyEnsemble ModernunderPeter Eötvös(Naive)
- 2013:Gramophone Award"Recording of the year" andGrammy-nomination, both for the double-CD with violin concertos by Bartók, Ligeti and Eötvös, recorded with the hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt respectively Ensemble Modern under Peter Eötvös (Naive)
- 2014:International Classical Music Awards(Category Concerto) for the double CD with violin concertos by Bartók, Ligeti and Eötvös
- 2014: Prix Caecilia (Belgium) for the CD with violin concertos by Stravinsky and Prokofjev recorded with London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski (Naive)
- 2014:Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards2013 (Category instrumentalist)
- 2016: Music Award of the Canton of Bern, Switzerland for "remarkable musical achievements"
- 2017: Grand Prix of the Swiss Music Awards[24]
- 2018: Grammy in the ‘Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance’ category for her Death & The Maiden album with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra on Alpha Classics[25][26]
- 2019: 29.Würth Prize of Jeunesses Musicales Germany[27]
- 2020: Honorary Membership Konzerthausgesellschaft Vienna[28]
- 2021: OPUS KLASSIK-Award and Edison-Award forWhat's Next Vivaldi?(CD Alpha Classics) with Giardino Armonico directed by Giovanni Antonini[29]
- 2022:BBC Music Magazineaward, category concerto for CD "Plaisirs illuminés" (Alpha Classics) withCamerata Bern,Sol Gabetta andFrancisco Coll.[30]
Discography
[edit]| released | pieces | collaborators | publisher/Nr. | type |
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| 1998 | ein klang 1996–1998
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Einklang Records 001/002 | Double-CD |
| 2001 |
An Introduction To Dmitri Smirnov
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Megadisc 7818 | CD |
| 2001 | Nikolai Korndorf
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Megadisc 7817 | CD |
| 2004 | Boris Yoffe, 32 poems from the quartet book |
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Antes Edition, Bella Musica 319192 | CD |
| 2006 | Jubilee-CD Classics (50 years DRS 2)
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Mihaela Ursuleasa(piano) | Swiss Radio DRS2, CDL1710 | 10 CDs |
| 2006 | Johanna Doderer
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Edition Zeitton desORF2009336 | CD |
| 2007 | Boris Yoffe, Musical Semantics
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Megadisc MDC 7798 | CD |
| 2008 | Fazıl Say1001 Nights in the Harem
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Naïve, V 5147 | CD |
| 2008 | Gerd Kühr
Gerald Resch
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col legno, WWE 1CD 20279 | CD |
| 2009 | Beethoven: Complete works for violin and orchestra
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Naïve, V 5174 | CD |
| 2009 | Ludwig van Beethoven
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Naïve, V 5146 | CD |
| 2010 | Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Rapsodia – Music from my homeland
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Naïve, V 5193 | CD |
| 2012 | Three Hungarian violin concertos
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Naïve, V 5285 | Double-CD |
| 2013 | Two Russian violin concertos
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Naïve, V 5352 | CD |
| 2014 | Quasi Parlando
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ECM New Series2323 | CD |
| 2014 | Galina Ustvolskaya
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ECM New Series 2329 | CD |
| 2015 | Giya Kancheli
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ECM New Series 2442 | CD |
| 2015 | Take Two
Duets from 1000 years of musical history Works by Gesualdo, De Machaut, Gibbons, Giamberti, Biber, Bach, De Falla, Milhaud, Vivier, Martinu, Cage, Holliger, Sotelo, Dick, Sanchez-Chiong and from Winchester Troper |
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Alpha Classics | CD |
| 2016 | Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski
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Sony classical | CD |
| 2016 | Robert Schumann
Complete symphonic works Vol.4
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Audite | CD |
| 2016 | Faradj Karaev
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Paladino Music | CD |
| 2016 | Robert Schumann
Complete symphonic works Vol.5
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Audite | CD |
| 2016 | Franz Schubert
Death and the Maiden and also other works by Gesualdo, Dowland, Nörmiger, Kurtag etc. |
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Alpha classics | CD |
| 2018 |
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Alpha Classics | CD |
| 2018 |
Michael HerschEnd Stages, Violin Concerto
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New Focus Recordings
fcr 208 |
CD |
| 2019 |
Time and Eternity
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Alpha Classics
alpha545 |
CD |
| 2020 |
"WHATS NEXT VIVALDI?"
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Alpha Classics
alpha624 |
CD |
| 2020 |
"PLAISIRS ILLUMINÉS"
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Alpha Classics
alpha580 |
CD |
| 2021 |
"PIERROT LUNAIRE"
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Alpha Classics
alpha722 |
CD |
| 2021 |
"PORTRAIT FRANCISCO COLL"
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Pentatone
PTC 5186951 |
CD |
| 2021 |
"SOL & PAT"
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Alpha Classics
alpha 757 October 2021 |
CD |
References
[edit]- ^Roddy, Michael (14 March 2014)."Moldovan violinist Kopatchinskaja: 'Art should be alive'".Reuters.Retrieved20 September2020.
- ^abcIvan Hewett (14 August 2014)."Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Wild child of classical violin".The Daily Telegraph.Retrieved26 November2015.
- ^"Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Ich kenne Dich, ich habe Dich spielen gehört". Documentary film, 2012. (Director: Béla Batthyany)
- ^abAndrew Clark (20 September 2013)."Interview: violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja".Financial Times.Retrieved26 November2015.
- ^"Viktor Kopatchinsky Biography".Thespco.org.20 November 2014.Retrieved27 February2020.
- ^Christiane Peitz (8 October 2009)."Wir spielen keine Noten".Die Zeit.Retrieved26 November2015.
- ^Christine Lemke-Matwey (2 January 2014)."Mein rollendes R".Die Zeit.Retrieved26 November2015.(subscription required)
- ^Kopatchinskaja, Patricia (5 February 2016)."Patricia Kopatchinskaja: We all need madness in our worlds".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved20 September2020.
- ^"Upside Down".VAN Magazine.12 May 2016.Retrieved20 September2020.
- ^"Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja receives RPS Music Award for Instrumentalist".The Strad.Retrieved1 June2021.
- ^"Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja appointed artistic partner of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra".The Strad.3 February 2014.Retrieved26 November2015.
- ^"Ojai Music Festival and Music Director Patricia Kopatchinskaja Announce the 72nd Festival: June 7–10, 2018 – Ojai Music Festival".25 October 2017. Archived fromthe originalon 12 June 2018.Retrieved27 July2018.
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- ^"Kopatchinskaja premières Sotelo".Universal Edition blog. 15 June 2016.Retrieved19 June2016.
- ^"Patricia Kopatchinskaja enters Fred Popovici's sound world".
- ^Classica Nova Prize Winners
- ^"パトリシア・コパチンスカヤ: avex-CLASSICS".Avex.jp.Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved12 November2015.
- ^Violinistin Kopatchinskaja erhält "Förderpreis"aufradiobremen.de(archived inInternet Archiveon 17 May 2010), checked on 19 March 2014
- ^"Schweizer Musikpreis 2017 – Patricia Kopatchinskaja gewinnt den Grand Prix Musik".Srf.ch.22 September 2017.Retrieved29 January2018.
- ^"Classical strings in the 60th Grammy Awards nominations".Thestrad.com.Retrieved29 January2018.
- ^"Patricia Kopatchinskaja".Grammy.com.19 May 2020.Retrieved28 August2020.
- ^"Ins Innere der Musik".Nmz.de.
- ^"Kopatchinskaja und Gerhaher neue Ehrenmitglieder der Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft".Magazin.klassik.com.
- ^"Home".opusklassik.de.
- ^"BBC Music Magazine award winners announced".
External links
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- 1977 births
- 21st-century classical violinists
- Austrian classical violinists
- Austrian women violinists
- Living people
- Moldovan classical violinists
- Musicians from Chișinău
- Women classical violinists
- 20th-century classical violinists
- 20th-century women musicians
- 21st-century women musicians
- Musicians from Bern
- Austrian people of Moldovan descent
- Swiss people of Moldovan descent
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