A quest for fresh interpretations

By Edward Sava-Segal, 31 March 2019

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“Kopatchinskaja brought, as always, her own perspective, her own transformative thoughts”

Reviewed at Alexander Hall: Richardson Auditorium, Princeton on 28 March 2019

Bartók, Violin Sonata no. 2, Sz 76

Poulenc, Violin Sonata, FP 119

Enescu, Violin Sonata no. 3 in A minor "dans le caractère populaire roumain", Op.25

Ravel, Tzigane

Kancheli, Rag-Gidon-Time

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Violin

Polina Leschenko, Piano

Young Romantic masters played by the ACO and Polina Leschenko

Zoltán Szabó, 11th November

A terrific collaboration between Russian pianist Polina Leschenko and the Australian Chamber Orchestra in music by Chopin and Mendelssohn.

****1

Potency and mischief at Wigmore Hall

Mark Thomas, 27th March

An absorbing programme of violin and piano duos from Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Polina Leschenko saw captivating performances of Webern, Bartók and Ravel with an interesting edge in Schumann.

****1

“White light containing all colours”

Zoltán Szabó, 12th September

Richard Tognetti (violin) and Polina Leschenko (piano) display an intensely concentrated, yet good-humoured rapport in Sydney.

****1

A curious evening from Noseda, Kopatchinskaja and the LSO

Mark Valencia, 26th February

Good, bad, but never ugly, a curious evening unfolds at the Barbican, inspired at times, ill-judged in places.

***11

The art of connection: the Toronto Symphony visits Vienna

Chanda VanderHart, 9th February

On their European tour, the Toronto Symphony calls in at the Wiener Konzerthaus for a diverse program conducted by Gustavo Gimeno.

****1

Rattle and the LSO sell a travel package to Hungary and Spain

Roy Westbrook, 18th January

Opening her LSO Artist Portrait series, Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays Béla Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto before Rattle and the LSO whisk the audience to Falla’s Andalusia.

****1

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

Kopatchinskaja and Leschenko bring their quest for fresh interpretations to Princeton