Patricia Kopatchinskaja enters Fred Popovici’s sound world

By Edward Sava-Segal, 14 September 2021

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Reviewed at Romanian Radio Hall, Bucharest on 12 September 2021

Torp, Piano Concerto

Satie, Gnossienne no. 4

Popovici, Concerto for Violin, Live Electronics and Orchestra

Iranyi, Passages

Ruzicka, Furioso

Filarmonica Moldova Iaşi

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Violin

Adrian Petrescu, Conductor

Cristian Niculescu, Piano

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

Hrůša and Kopatchinskaja dazzle with the New York Phil

Susan Stempleski, 9th April

The Czech conductor impresses in a wide-ranging program featuring a world premiere by Jesse Montogomery and the Philharmonic debut of the Moravian violinist.

****1

Sensational Shostakovich from PatKop and the LPO at Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 19th October

The Moldavan-born violinist dazzles in a generous, emotion-laden program led by the LPO's Principal Conductor, Edward Gardner.

*****

Kopatchinskaja’s glowing Schoenberg opens hearts and minds

Roy Westbrook, 9th September

Schoenberg advocate PatKop performs the knotty Violin Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and young Finn Tarmo Peltokoski.

****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.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja enters Fred Popovici’s sound world in Bucharest