What's it like being acclaimed violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja?

Patricia Kopatchinskaja is a Moldovan-Austrian-Swiss violinist.

Kopatchinskaja has played with most of the important European orchestras including Vienna, Berlin and London Philharmonic.

She regularly plays in Japan and Australia and recently also extended her activity to the United States, South America, Russia and China. She has an ongoing collaboration with amongst others the following conductors: Teodor Currentzis, Péter Eötvös, Tito Muñoz, Iván Fischer, Heinz Holliger, Vladimir Jurowski, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Kirill Petrenko, Sir Simon Rattle and François-Xavier Roth.

Kopatchinskaja plays a violin built by Giovanni Francesco Pressenda (Turin) in 1834.

So, what's it like being acclaimed violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja? Find out in this stream of consciousness. We love her!

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