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

All Mozart

Cascade Mannor
, at 3:00 pm

ALL MOZART

Saturday, October 19, 2024 • 3:00 PM

Mozart epitomizes the prolific genius of the Classical period. It is always a great pleasure to feature his string quintet in our program. For this concert, we are also including a chamber music arrangement of the composer’s Piano Concerto No. 12 with Amici’s Artistic Director Eunhye Grace Choi playing the soloist’s role.

PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Piano concerto No.12 in A Major, K. 414
• String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516

MUSICIANS
Eunhye Grace Choi, piano
Lillie Manis, viola
Steven Pologe, cello
Sharon Schuman, violin
Tomas Cotik, violin
Arnaud Ghillebaert, viola

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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
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an extraordinary performance that can stand up against any other
TEXTURA
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Tomás Cotik tackles these pages with a great sense of style, exhibiting a truly expressive performance in slow movements…and a very solid technique in rapid and virtuosic episodes.
GBOPERA
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Tomás Cotik delivers an excellent performance
GBOPERA
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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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5/5 Stars. Tomas Cotik presents a well thought-out and coherent view of this collection…in which the listener can remain acoustically engaged … never tired of listening, which clearly demonstrates the artist’s knowledgeable and intimate engagement with the material
Pizzicato
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His sound is pure, distinguished by perfect tuning, and characterized by instrumental virtuosity
Sonograma
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Editor´s Picks
DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE
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Cotik conquered an impressive variety of repertoire, already now much wider than what is usual today.
CONCERTO – DAS MAGAZIN FÜR ALTE MUSIK
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These versions are unabashedly driven, backed by a slick technical ability, yielding a bold, fleet, forthright ride through the challenging yet rewarding contours of these mixed modes, occasionally dance-infused, and forward-looking Fantasias.
Early Music Review