All Patricia Kopatchinskaja articles
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The Strad Podcast #75: Patricia Kopatchinskaja on Brahms, Bartók and Janáček
The violinist speaks about doing justice to the composers’ wishes, as well as keeping the repertoire fresh and spontaneous
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Bartók, Brahms, Janáček
Two musical mavericks breathe fresh life into much-loved sonatas
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Sol Gabetta, Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Sol & Pat
Two old friends are even more than the sum of their parts
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Concert review: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Berlin Philharmonic/Kirill Petrenko
Carlos Maria Solare attends the performance at the Berlin Philharmonie on 17 September 2021, kicking off the Moldovan violinist’s tenure as the orchestra’s artist-in-residence
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Review round-up: Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe
David Kettle samples the best of the Scottish festivals’ strings-based programmes in August 2021, imaginatively refreshed and distilled for post-pandemic times
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Sol Gabetta perform Ravel
Fasten your seatbelts for Ravel’s Sonata for violin and cello, fourth movement
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Live-streamed concert review: Camerata Bern/Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
Peter Quantrill views the performance at Reitschule Bern, Switzerland, 27 March 2021
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Pierrot lunaire
Not just a violinist – PatKop’s singing alter ego is extraordinary
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Sol Gabetta: Plaisirs Illuminés
Breathtaking vividness and attention to detail illuminate this collection
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‘Now I am completely mad’ - Patricia Kopatchinskaja on playing Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire
For violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja a bout of tendonitis was the perfect opportunity to widen her musical perspective by taking on the title role in Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire, as she tells Toby Deller
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Session Report: clowning around
For violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja a bout of tendonitis was the perfect opportunity to widen her musical perspective by taking on the title role in Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire, as she tells Toby Deller
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Life Lessons
Early encounters with nature left their mark on the Moldovan-born violinist, who thinks a culture of perfection is damaging our relationship with music
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja: What’s Next, Vivaldi?
Violinist’s maverick and highly original approach to Vivaldi strikes gold
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News
Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy to broadcast live music throughout August
Artists including cellist Sol Gabetta and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja will perform from various venues in Switzerland’s Saanenland for the Pop-up Festival 2020
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Debate
Opinion: From the Heart
In the Covid-19 crisis, musicians have begun to film their playing from home. Andrew Mellor asks whether these raw and sometimes less-than-pristine performances have killed off classical music’s ‘cult of perfection’
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‘Art has space for everything’, says Patricia Kopatchinskaja
She describes her violin as a family member, and her storyteller’s gift as an interpreter has won her artist residencies at the Lucerne and Kissinger Sommer festivals this year. Patricia Kopatchinskaja talks to Toby Deller about sound, vision and changing the world through music