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 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 violin professor 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 will reside in Madrid, Barcelona, Murcia, Zaragoza and Livorno (Italy).
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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 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 violin professor 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 will reside in Madrid, Barcelona, Murcia, Zaragoza and Livorno (Italy).
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“
…nothing challenges Cotik, who uses a Baroque bow to lovely effect…The booklet essay says that “every note of these often complex pieces lies perfectly, if not easily, [my italics] under the bow.” Well, yes – if you’re as superb a player as Tomás Cotik.
The Whole Note
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an excellent violinist
Michael Tilson Thomas
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an extraordinary performance that can stand up against any other
TEXTURA
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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 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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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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NOMINATED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS 2018
ICMA
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Cotik’s performances throughout are clean, bright and precise… you would be hard-pressed to find a more honest guide than Tomás Cotik.
Palm Beach Arts Paper
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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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a new way of looking at, understanding and perceiving music from different eras
SONOGRAMA MAGAZINE