Patricia Kopatchinskaja

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. The British Royal Philharmonic Society in 2014 named Kopatchinskaja "instrumentalist of the year" describing her as an “irresistible force of nature: passionate, challenging and totally original in her approach.” Kopatchinskaja has played with most of the important European orchestras including Vienna, Berlin and London Philharmonic. She regularly plays in Japan and Australia and also extended her activtiy to the United States, South America, Russia and China. She has an ongoing collaboration with amongst others the following conductors: Teodor Currentzis, Péter Eötvös, Iván Fischer, Heinz Holliger, Vladimir Jurowski, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Kirill Petrenko, and Sir Simon Rattle.
Patricia's experience as a leader of ensembles and chamber orchestras includes tours with Britten Sinfonia and Mahler Chamber Orchestra, repeated tours with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and being an artistic partner of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra since 2014. She also has organised several staged productions: Death and the Maiden with Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Bye-Bye Beethoven with Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Dies Irae with Lucerne Festival Alumni and War and Chips with Camerata Bern.
Chamber music is immensely important to Kopatchinskaja and she performs regularly with artists such as cellist Sol Gabetta, clarinettist Reto Bieri and the pianists Markus Hinterhäuser, Polina Leschenko and Anthony Romaniuk.