martin swan Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 On 11/04/2017 at 3:14 PM, JohnCockburn said: This reminds me of Ian Anderson playing his flute standing on one leg and trying his hardest to look deranged. I find contrived "stage acts" a bit tiresome in any genre of music. It's funny - I didn't get the sense that she's contrived at all. I think it's interesting that her parents were /are folk musicians, and she thinks of herself mainly as a composer and musician who happens to be in demand as a violinist. She seems to be largely self-taught, or at least, she developed an incredible ability before coming into contact with classical orthodoxy. I understand that this is very challenging, but in a good way. It does seem to me that it would be impossible to play with this kind of explosive energy without moving around a lot. We accept all sorts of tics and wierd personal body language in pop or jazz performers, and I don't feel that a soloist should be bound by any particular constraints. With "Pat" I just don't see how she could play that way unless her whole being believed in it - so the music leads and her body follows. Very interesting watching her playing with Anoushka Shankar - makes Joshua Bell in the same context seem very constipated. Watching that little clip is also very illuminating - particularly when she talks about sound. "I don't like good sound". Also "Lots of people hate my playing - what do I care, I'm not Facebook". The Ligeti piece is really trying to express sensations and experiences that aren't the normal stuff of classical music, just as Kazuo Ishiguro's writing isn't about the normal stuff of literature. It doesn't speak to everyone and you wouldn't want a solid diet of it, but it's very mind-expanding. She has phenomenal musicality and technique, and I feel I've learnt a lot by watching these various performances. Thanks Stephen ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnCockburn Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 3 hours ago, martin swan said: Very interesting watching her playing with Anoushka Shankar...... I watched that and enjoyed it very much. She seemed much more natural in this context. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uguntde Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 It is worth listening to her recordings with Fazil Say, where she also plays his music. Two geniuses with a well-matched style. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Merkel Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 Charlie Chaplin never acted Shakespeare and we are all poorer for it! ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Evan Smith Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 She's amazing, she really gets it! I love her! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Omobono Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Our friend Patricia Kopatchinskaja is featured front cover of the Strad 2017 May issue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Merkel Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 I've been listening and watching for the last couple of weeks and I think she has a musicality that we haven't seen in a hundred years. Note the effect here. It's like the bowing is purposely wild and indistinct but in context it's part of a great effect. Nobody else would do that, that I know of. https://youtu.be/OF9fneQ50Us?t=592 But don't think she does it that way because she has to! She's a real master of the bow. https://youtu.be/OF9fneQ50Us?t=1101 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen Fine Posted June 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 Kopatchinskaja is still blowing my mind. Her control is excellent. Her choices are so delightful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Merkel Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 Without makeup the Charlie Chaplin effect goes away. Same expressions different effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le7lUClZycY Quote Link to post Share on other sites
avandesande Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 My first thought was I would love to hear her play the Bartok sonata. Not disappointed! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muqs-HyaCvE&t=0s&index=4&list=PLx-cfyIfE6DRyM6x5OLKp6bvSkEEiCY4Q Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pawsplus Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 I would rather just listen. Watching her wears me out and I honestly can't really hear her play because she's too distracting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uguntde Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 Patricia Kopatchinskaja is my absolute favourite violinist. She played all the works for violin of Fazil Say, who is probbaly one of my favourite modern composers. She plays a Pressenda, which has almost become a hallmark for her recordings. She cultivates an anti-Strad sound. She may appear a bit wacky sometimes, but she is incredibly musical. Listen to her recording of the Schubert 's Tod und das Mädchen quartet which she mixes with modern things (alpha label). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rue Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 What is an "anti-Strad" sound? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uguntde Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Rue said: What is an "anti-Strad" sound? Well, she cultivated a 'dark' sound for a long time, lots of praise about her Pressenda. She made this kind of a hallmark for a while. But then, a few years ago she got a loaner Guarneri confiscated at the Swiss border - not so sure what shw really used in all these recordings. Maybe not the dar Presseda after all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PhilipKT Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 “Full of sound and fury...signifying nothing.” I stopped after about 15 seconds, and I want those 15 seconds back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rue Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 On 6/23/2018 at 3:58 PM, uguntde said: Well, she cultivated a 'dark' sound for a long time, lots of praise about her Pressenda. She made this kind of a hallmark for a while. But then, a few years ago she got a loaner Guarneri confiscated at the Swiss border - not so sure what shw really used in all these recordings. Maybe not the dar Presseda after all. I believe you! But I can't hear anything "other-violin" sound. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rue Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 19 minutes ago, PhilipKT said: “Full of sound and fury...signifying nothing.” I stopped after about 15 seconds, and I want those 15 seconds back. Not sure what you mean either. Don't have up like the genre (not my thing either) but that performance video does highlight the talent of both the player and the composer. You have to push boundaries to move forward. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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