Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s focus is to get to the heart of the music, to its meaning for us — now and here. With a combination of depth, brilliance, and humor, Kopatchinskaja brings an inimitable sense of theatrics to her music. Her distinctive approach always conveys the essence of a work, whether in a fresh interpretation of a repertoire classic or through one of her original staged projects that cross musical, theatrical, and interdisciplinary boundaries. 

A visionary who thrives on experimentation and collaboration, Kopatchinskaja describes contemporary music as her lifeblood. Her artistic partnerships with living composers such as Francisco Coll, Michael Hersch, György Kurtág, and Esa-Pekka Salonen have resulted in numerous world premieres. A virtuoso, storyteller, and all-around phenomenon, Kopatchinskaja continues to serve as artistic partner of the SWR Symphony Orchestra, designing her own programs in both established and innovative staged concert formats. 

Kopatchinskaja kicked off the 2025–26 season with the Staatskapelle Berlin. Further engagements include appearances as the London Symphony Orchestra’s Artist Portrait, her debut with The Cleveland Orchestra, and performances with the Czech Philharmonic and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, among others. In recent years, Kopatchinskaja has curated major residencies at the Southbank Centre, Wiener Konzerthaus, Berlin Philharmonie, and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. Last season, Kopatchinskaja honored Schoenberg’s 150th anniversary by performing his monumental Violin Concerto with the BBC and Vienna symphony orchestras, Dresden Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, to name a few. 

Kopatchinskaja’s discography includes over 30 recordings, among them the Grammy Award–winning Death and the Maiden with the Saint Paul Chamber Orche-stra, a project which was also recreated as a semi-staged filmed performance with Camerata Bern. Recent releases include Plaisirs illuminés with Sol Gabetta and Camerata Bern, Le monde selon George Antheil with Joonas Ahonen, and a new recording with Fazıl Say, which marked the comeback of their duo and received the Editor’s Choice Award from Gramophone.