Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Born: Chișinău, Moldova
Education: first violin lessons at age six; studied violin and composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, and at the Hochschule der Künste, Bern
Awards: winner International Henryk Szeryng Competition (2000), Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award (2014), Grammy Award for the album Death and the Maiden (2018)
Guest appearances: Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, New York Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
World premieres: works by Michel van der Aa, Luca Francesconi, Heinz Holliger, Vanessa Lann, Tigran Mansurian, Mark-Anthony Turnage
Instrument: Giovanni Francesco Pressenda, 1834
Debut Rotterdam: 2006