3 Jun 2022
First United Methodist Church, Portland
, at 7:30 pm
Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Tomás Cotik, violin
Steven Byess, conductor
Recent Release
Violinist, Professor & Producer
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.
Violinist, Professor & Producer
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.
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Cotik’s performance is powerful and technically brilliant, the intonation always flawless,… fearless round, and well-balanced
CONCERTO – DAS MAGAZIN FÜR ALTE MUSIK
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Comparisons are inevitable; on my shelves are the Grumiaux- Haskil team, the Stern-Barenboim combination, Szymon Goldberg and Radu Lupu, and Zukerman and Neikrug readings. The Cotik-Lin duo can take its place among those earlier esteemed ensembles with heads held high.
STRINGS MAGAZINE
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The BBC Music team’s current favourites
BBC MAGAZINE, Niel McKim
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NOMINATED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS 2018
ICMA
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remarkable, artistic and expressive interpretations … at a high level and perfectly adapted to the respective styles
PIZZICATO
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a new way of looking at, understanding and perceiving music from different eras
SONOGRAMA MAGAZINE
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an extraordinary performance that can stand up against any other
TEXTURA
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We encounter here an extraordinary violinist, with an overwhelming technique and a musicality; the results are excellent, with little or nothing to envy the greatest interpretations that could have ever been recorded.
RITMO MAGAZINE
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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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Cotik makes Kreisler seem almost smarmy, Isabelle Faust almost mannered, and Julia Fischer as though she´s filed down the detail
Fanfare Magazine