So much for “violin girl”! Patricia Kopatchinskaja is a whirlwind dynamo who performs barefoot and whips her enthusiastic audiences into frenzied excitement – but she also raises questions. Following her last concert in the Festspielhaus the questions could be heard everywhere – ”Are you allowed to do that”? “Is it acceptable to play classical music so wildly”? The critics refer to her “Kreutzer Sonata” as either a “felony” or as the best interpretation of the work since Bronislaw Huberman. And this cult recording is almost 100 years old! Now the violinist is returning – accompanied by her extremely musical family – to play a variety of music from the Balkans. This is certainly not folk music to be leisurely enjoyed with your afternoon cup of tea! It is a concert where the musicians can be expected to balance on a wire without a safety net!

Patricia Kopatchinskaja Violin and Host
Emilia Kopatchinskaja Violin and Viola
Jacqueline Kopacinski Violin
Martin Gjakonovsky Double Bass
Viktor Kopatchinsky Cymbalom
Mihaela Ursuleasa Piano

Folk songs from Moldova and Romania
Béla Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances Sz. 56 (version for Piano and Ensemble) (7’)
György Kurtág 8 Duos Op.4 for Violin and Cymbalom  (7’)
Folk songs from Moldova and Romania
Maurice Ravel
“Tzigane”  - Rhapsody for Violin and Piano (10’)

Folk songs from Moldova and Romania
György Kurtág “Splitter” Op. 6c for Cymbalom
George Enescu
Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano in A minor, Op. 25

Finishing time approx.: 10pm