Music from Home 2023: Tomás Cotik, violin & Monica Ohuchi, piano
$35 ($28 student/senior/military, $17.50 ages 6-17)
- Tomas Cotik, violin
- Monica Ohuchi, piano
Astor Piazzolla — Tango Etude No. 4
Astor Piazzolla — Tango Etude No. 3
César Franck — Violin Sonata in A major
Hiromi Uehara — BQE (for piano)
Argentinian-born violinist Tomás Cotik joins pianist Monica Ohuchi for an afternoon of chamber music making in the intimate setting of Warner House at Lakewold Gardens. The program includes two of the spectacular Tango Etudes for solo violin by Astor Piazzolla, BQE for solo piano by Japanese Jazz pianist Hiromi, and beloved sonatas for violin and piano by Mozart and Franck.
About Music From Home
Music From Home is a monthly series of intimate chamber music concerts held in the historic Wagner House.
When you attend a Music From Home concert, you are invited to experience storytelling through live music.
Featured artists collaborate with Curator of Art and Music Ricardo de la Torre to present repertoire that reflects their backgrounds and lived experiences in the intimate setting of Wagner House parlor.
We aim to grow in community through music in an inspiring natural environment.
https://lakewoldgardens.org/musicfromhome/About Tomas Cotik, violin
Hailed by Michael Tilson Thomas as "an excellent violinist," Tomás Cotik was a first-prize winner at the National Broadcast Music Competition in his native Argentina in 1997 and the winner of the Government of Canada Award for 2003-2005. An avid recording artist, Dr. Cotik has recorded fifteen CDs for Naxos and Centaur Records, which have received three million Spotify streams and over two hundred enthusiastic reviews from publications such as Gramophone, American Record Guide, Downbeat, and MusicWeb International. His latest Piazzolla CD on Naxos was nominated for the International Classical Music Awards.
Mr. Cotik was a rotating concertmaster with the New World Symphony and has performed hundreds of recitals and chamber music concerts across the globe as a member of the acclaimed Amernet, Delray, and Harrington string quartets. He has worked closely with artists such as Joseph Kalichstein, Franklin Cohen, and members of the Cleveland, Miami, Pro Arte, Vogler, Vermeer, Tokyo, and Endellion string quartets. Committed to passing on his passion for music, Dr. Tomás Cotik recently received the inaugural Dean's Council Award for Research, Scholarship & Creativity for his significant contributions at the international level and was promoted to Associate Professor of Violin at Portland State University. He previously taught at West Texas A&M University, Florida International University, and the University of Miami's Frost School of Music.
https://www.tomascotik.com/