Hailed by Michael Tilson Thomas as “an excellent violinist,” Tomás Cotik is internationally recognized as a soloist, chamber musician, and professor. A much sought-after recording artist, Dr. Cotik has released seventeen CD recordings for Naxos and Centaur Records, which have received over three million streams and more than two hundred enthusiastic reviews from the international press. Committed to passing on his passion for music, Dr. Cotik is the violin professor at Portland State University.
Hailed by Michael Tilson Thomas as “an excellent violinist,” Tomás Cotik is internationally recognized as a soloist, chamber musician, and professor. A much sought-after recording artist, Dr. Cotik has released seventeen CD recordings for Naxos and Centaur Records, which have received over three million streams and more than two hundred enthusiastic reviews from the international press. Committed to passing on his passion for music, Dr. Cotik is the violin professor at Portland State University.
Cotik never indulges in violinistic brilliance at the expense of music, but he sounds consistently brilliant nevertheless.
Fanfare Magazine
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I marvel at the technical skill which effortlessly encompasses these deeply contrasting styles….a technical as well as expressive master stroke
CONTEMPORARY RECORD SOCIETY
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an extraordinary performance that can stand up against any other
TEXTURA
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Cotik plays with a resonant, clear and warm tone, and dynamics, phrasing and tempi are all perfectly judged
THE WHOLE NOTE
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there is no question but that this is the most exciting rendition of these works I’ve ever hear… this is now my benchmark performance of these works
THE ART MUSIC LOUNGE
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Tomás Cotik’s deeply analytical playing adds to an exhilarating display of the musical wonders the composer saw in the violin
GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE
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The BBC Music team’s current favourites
BBC MAGAZINE, Niel McKim
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Cotik’s performances are full of color, possess an elegant virtuosity and above all achieve the lyrical refinement that springs from a music that catches us by its rhythmic and melodic seduction
REVISTA MUSICAL CATALANS
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Cotik has a consistently brilliant violinism and warm, enveloping sound
