Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja 's repertoire ranges from baroque and classical (often played on gut strings) to new commissions or re-interpretations of modern masterworks.

2014/15 sees Kopatchinskaja make her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker performing Peter Eötvös’ DoReMi under the baton of the composer as part of Musikfest Berlin. She also performs the concerto at the Dialoge Festival of Salzburg’s Mozarteum. Other highlights this season include her debut with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and performances with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR/Sir Roger Norrington and the Philharmonia Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy. She is also Artist-in-Residence with the hr-sinfonieorchester, in concerts conducted by Philippe Herreweghe, Roland Kluttig and Andrés Orozco-Estrada.

Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja's repertoire ranges from baroque and classical (often played on gut strings) to new commissions or re-interpretations of modern masterworks.

2014/15 sees Kopatchinskaja make her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker performing Peter Eötvös’ DoReMi under the baton of the composer as part of Musikfest Berlin. She also performs the concerto at the Dialoge Festival of Salzburg’s Mozarteum. Other highlights this season include her debut with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and performances with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR/Sir Roger Norrington and the Philharmonia Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy. She is also Artist-in-Residence with the hr-sinfonieorchester, in concerts conducted by Philippe Herreweghe, Roland Kluttig and Andrés Orozco-Estrada.

In spring 2015 Kopatchinskaja tours Switzerland with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under Sakari Oramo and the Netherlands and France with the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées and Philippe Herreweghe. She also performs Gubaidulina’s Offertorium on a major European tour with NDR Sinfonieorchester and Thomas Hengelbrock. Kopatchinskaja was recently named as Artistic Partner of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and her first performance in this role in November 2014 combined traditional folk music with classical works.

Last season’s highlights included debut performances with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks at Munich’s Musica Viva Festival, with Akademie für alte Musik Berlin under René Jacobs and Musica Aeterna ensemble with Teodor Currentzis. She also performed at the closing concerts of Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival and appeared with the London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vladimir Jurowski at the Edinburgh International and Santander festivals.

Chamber music is of immense importance to Kopatchinskaja and she performs regularly with artists such as Sol Gabetta, Markus Hinterhäuser and Polina Leschenko as well as members of her own family. She is also a founding member of the highly acclaimed quartet-lab, a string quartet with Pekka Kuusisto, Lilli Maijala and Pieter Wispelwey. In autumn 2014 the quartet undertook their second major tour with performances at Vienna’s Konzerthaus, London’s Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and Konzerthaus Dortmund.

A prolific recording artist, Kopatchinskaja’s recent releases for Naïve Classique include violin concerti by Prokofiev and Stravinsky with the London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski, and concerti by Bartók, Ligeti and Peter Eötvös with hr-Sinfonieorchester/Ensemble Modern. The latter recording won Gramophone’s Recording of the Year Award in 2013, as well as an ICMA Award, ECHO Klassik Award and a 2014 Grammy nomination. She also received an ECHO Klassik Award in the chamber music category for her 2009 recording of sonatas by Beethoven Ravel, Bártok & Fazil Say. She has also recorded works by Tigran Mansurian and Ustvolskaya for ECM Records.

The winner of numerous prizes during her career, Kopatchinskaja was recently named by the Royal Philharmonic Society as their Instrumentalist of the Year in 2014 for ourstanding live performances in the UK.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays a violin made by Giovanni Francesco Pressenda in 1834. She is a goodwill ambassador for the charity Terre des Hommes, through which she supports projects for children in Moldova.