This video, made in 2012, follows the Moldovan-Austrian violinist over a 24-hour period, through rehearsals with the Staatskapelle, salon music at the Brandenburg Gate, a meeting with choreographer Sascha Waltz and her husband, phone calls with her sick daughter and a performance at the Berlin Philharmonic.
Patricia Kopatchinskaja shares her Life Lessons in our October issue. Read them here.
Edward Bhesania hears the performance of Enescu, Poulenc, Bartok, Milhaud, Schoenfeld and Kopatchinskaja herself, at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on 24 September 2023
The violinist and cellist performed together as part of the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Switzerland
A magnificent voyage of discovery from a musical maverick
Ahead of her debut tour with the Dresden Philharmonic, US violinist Maria Ioudenitch speaks to The Strad about her whirlwind journey from competition success to the start of a glittering performing career
Charmian Gadd shares the life story of violinist Richard Goldner, who changed the musical landscape of Australia and beyond, culminating in the formation the eponymous quartet
Boris Pergamenschikow prizes his teachers for their emphasis on gradual learning, in this interview from the September 2000 issue of The Strad
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