Violinist, Professor & Producer

Tomás Cotik is internationally recognized as a soloist, chamber musician, and professor. A highly sought-after recording artist, Dr. Cotik has released nineteen CD recordings for Naxos and Centaur Records, accumulating over five million streams and receiving more than two hundred enthusiastic reviews from the international press. Dedicated to sharing his passion for music, Dr. Cotik currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Violin at Portland State University. Dr. Cotik has been recently honored with several prestigious awards, including the Dean’s Council Award for Research, the Kamelia Massih Outstanding Faculty Prize, three Global Music Awards, a ICMA nomination, a National Endowment for the Arts Grant and a Fulbright Scholar Award for Spain. During the 23/24 season he carried out projects in Madrid, Barcelona, Murcia, Zaragoza and Livorno (Italy).
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Violinist, Professor & Producer

Tomás Cotik is internationally recognized as a soloist, chamber musician, and professor. A highly sought-after recording artist, Dr. Cotik has released nineteen CD recordings for Naxos and Centaur Records, accumulating over five million streams and receiving more than two hundred enthusiastic reviews from the international press. Dedicated to sharing his passion for music, Dr. Cotik currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Violin at Portland State University. Dr. Cotik has been recently honored with several prestigious awards, including the Dean’s Council Award for Research, the Kamelia Massih Outstanding Faculty Prize, three Global Music Awards, a ICMA nomination, a National Endowment for the Arts Grant and a Fulbright Scholar Award for Spain. During the 23/24 season he carried out projects in Madrid, Barcelona, Murcia, Zaragoza and Livorno (Italy).
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Upcoming Concert

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15 Dec 2024

CHAMBER MUSIC WITH GUITAR

Richard E. Wildish Community Theater, 630 Main Street, Springfield
, at 3:00 pm

Paganini is the most famous violin virtuoso who ever lived, and who produced prolific compositions often featuring his instrument. Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, another Italian composer (whose career began more than 200 years later), achieved significant fame as he wrote a great number of film scores for Hollywood as well as a concerto for the 20th century violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz. This program includes unusual chamber music that these two composers beautifully incorporate a classical guitar as the featured voice.

PROGRAM
Niccolo Paganini • Sonata for Violin & Guitar
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco • Quintet for Guitar & String Quartet, Op.143

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The CD recording is his seventeenth in ten years, yet no sign of fatigue is evident when his passion for the material translates into performances of immense appeal…Cotik invests the material with so much life. Listening to him play is never less than a pleasure, and all twelve pieces are brought vividly and expressively to life.
Textura
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another outstanding solo disc on Bach The Six Suites…Cotik’s customary details and insightful booklet essay adds to a fascinating release.
The WholeNote
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It is in excellent hands with the violinist Tomás Cotik… because a musician of great size is ‘talking’ here, as witnessed by his earlier recordings, which extend from Telemann, Bach and Schubert to Piazzolla. Thanks to the idiomatic touch, Cotik really makes this music swing, but he also knows how to hit the lyricism in the slow parts. This is ‘entertainment’ on a high level
Opus Klassiek
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Bach’s music simply glows under his fingers… a terrific addition for the collection of anyone who loves Bach’s music
Northwest Reverb
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His sound is treated like a true craftsman, with just the right vibrato, intensity and dynamics controlled to the millimeter, transparency of layers, and a unique color for each string. It’s a commendable effort towards a new musical identity.
Ritmo
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Cotik phrases this music with such feeling, making you wonder if it could possibly sound better in any other performance.
Classical Net
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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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It was clear that the Argentinian-born Cotik has Piazzolla’s music in his blood. It was to be expected that he would be able to exploit everything that these arrangements require technically. But more importantly, he knew how to capture the spirit of the music, from subtle sensuality and longing to fierce passion and supreme virtuosity.
Pizzicato
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These are exactly what you would expect from Cotik–tasteful and well played.
American Record Guide
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I am happy to hear such musical polish and enthusiasm for some of my favorite pieces to play.
American Record Guide