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, two International Classical Music Awards nominations, 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).

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, two International Classical Music Awards nominations, 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).

Upcoming Concert

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15 Dec 2024
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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