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Dean’s Council Award For Research, Scholarship & Creativity
Ombra Musici at Portland Winter Light Festival
OVER 1,7 MILLION STREAMS ON SPOTIFY!
“I highly commend Mr. Cotik for his innovative interpretations and I hope many future audiences will experience his musical excellence”
Gary Burton
“phenomenal technique”
Musical Toronto
“Editor's Picks”
DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE
“a first-rate set of these of Mozart sonatas”
THE ARTS MUSIC LOUNGE
“absolutely impeccable, with intonation in the centre of every note, and his left hand flying around the fingerboard with remarkable agility”
David Denton for David’s Review Corner
“Overall, these two discs featuring Cotik must be regarded as among the finest performances for their consistent artistry and idiomatic grasp”
Classical Net
“A neglected stash of unrecorded Schubert”
NORMAN LEBRECHT
“If you love the solo violin, you won't find a better recording to suit your tastes”
OBSERVER TODAY
“Cotik phrases this music with such feeling, making you wonder if it could possibly sound better in any other performance.”
Classical Net
“this superbly produced Schubert disc…comes warmly commended”
MusicWeb International
“The BBC Music team’s current favourites”
BBC MAGAZINE, Niel McKim
“Hace muy poco descubrí esta maravilla...dos extraordinarios instrumentalistas que uniendo su talento logran...algo genial.”
Luis Andarcia, VENUE MAGAZINE
“None of these pieces has ever sounded quite like this before.”
INFODAD.COM
“un trabajo de mucha calidad, por la originalidad de los arreglos y especialmente porque se trata de un excelente instrumentista”
REVISTA RITMO
“should leave listeners almost breathless…a vibrancy and attention to detail...strong individuality and… vitality”
Fanfare Magazine
“recreating the visceral charge of Piazzolla’s legendary quintet concerts and recordings”
South Florida Classical Review
“short this is a great recording if you value warmth and sweetness in Mendelssohn. Here, though, nothing is forced, and, as I say, the world seems a better place.”
AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
“laudable level of technical accuracy…tenderness and warmth”
The Palm Beach Arts Paper
“This is an excellent recital. I enjoy the Piazzolla Tango Etudes more as played by Cotik than by anyone else. ”
American Record Guide
“conviction, commitment, diplomacy, and character”
The Strad
“I’ve had a listen to a few alternatives…including Isaac Stern with Daniel Baremboim and Lydia Mordkovitch, but this duo pretty much ticks all the boxes”
MusicWeb International
“The Piazzolla album is not just Cotik as brilliant interpreter, but also as creative mind.”
Musical Toronto
“One imagines the Nuevo tango master would be as captivated as any listener by such exquisite performances.”
TEXTURA
“Evocative concert of Jewish classical music”
The Washington Post
“un violinista excelente... que recoge una forma rigurosa, natural y fuera de lo común de entender e interpretar la música”
Docenotas
“Cotik and Tao Lin have…honored not only their professions as musicians, but the memory and work of Franz Schubert”
The Palm Beach Arts Paper
“Cotik Kicks Butt in Piazzolla! A wild and wonderful CD.”
THE ART MUSIC LOUNGE
“a treat from start to finish”
Musical Toronto
“Everyone who plays these works should hear these exemplary performances...you will never hear these Telemann Fantasias played so well ”
American Record Guide
“Supersonic Award winner. Tomas Cotik’s Piazzolla is carnal, passionate and nowhere easy-going. Together with his group he has produced a riveting CD.”
Pizzicato
“My first chamber choice for the year. ”
MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL Recordings Of The Year 2013
“an exemplary presentation of some marvelous music”
The Palm Beach Arts Paper
“among the very best Piazzolla albums”
David Denton for David’s Review Corner
“clarity and tonal opulence rare in recordings of violin music”
Fanfare Magazine
“None of these pieces has ever sounded quite like this before....Cotik handles it beautifully, with tremendous clarity of line and evenness of tone”
INFODAD.COM
“their lofty musicianship dwarfs their profound scholarship”
Fanfare Magazine
“violinist Tomas Cotik is always up for a new challenge”
Julia Amacher – American Public Media
“Las versiones son óptimas por la compenetración estilística del dúo y la prestancia instrumental del admirable violinista”
REVISTA SCHERZO
“Un disco ideal”
SONOGRAMA MAGAZINE
“intelligent and sensitive...glories in...colorations and shared emphasis”
Fanfare Magazine
“Cotik makes Kreisler seem almost smarmy, Isabelle Faust almost mannered, and Julia Fischer as though she's filed down the detail”
Fanfare Magazine
“wonderful album…impressive for the elegance and sensitivity of the interpretations”
John Terauds – Musical Toronto
“ There are so many delightful details to savour that one hardly knows where to begin...a most rewarding Mozart cycle”
Gramophone Magazine
“una nueva forma de mirar, entender y percibir la música de diferentes épocas”
SONOGRAMA MAGAZINE
“outstanding from the very beginning”
Fanfare Magazine
“this is clearly a team to watch. I am sure we will be hearing good things from them in the future”
MusicWeb International
“Cotik vanta un violinismo costantemente brillante e un colore di suono caldo e avvolgente”
GBOPERA MAGAZINE
“true treasure...one of the latest gems to emerge from the season”
John Terauds – Musical Toronto
“The technical qualities of the recording - which is on the NAXOS label, by the way - are excellent.”
Robert W. Plyer, THE OBSERVER
“there is no question that this disc is, by some distance, Naxos's best Piazzolla recording ”
MusicWeb International
“NOMINATED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS 2018”
ICMA
“Un disco revelador de la maestría de los jóvenes intérpretes que lo firman: Tomas Cotik y Tao Lin.”
REVISTA DOCENOTAS
“Some of the music is sultry while other works are fast, rhythmic, and ornamented to show the exquisite virtuosity of Cotik”
FANFARE MAGAZINE
“this is one of the great Piazzolla discs, and in perfect sound quality, I urge you to buy it.”
David Denton for David’s Review Corner
“Cotik and the orchestra provided impressive advocacy for a multifaceted work that deserves to be heard more often. Cotik seamlessly handled the frequent changes in mood and adroitly traversed the work’s myriad technical challenges while always keeping the focus on the music.”
SOUTH FLORIDA CLASSICAL REVIEW
“urgently recommended”
Fanfare Magazine
“I find the Cotik and Lin performances most interesting and the sound on their disc is excellent”
Maria Nockin – Fanfare Magazine
“un disco la cui qualità riesce a proporre la freschezza affascinante della cultura musicale germanica come nuova, come se non si fossero mai ascoltate prima”
GBOPERA MAGAZINE
“exceptional...Piazzolla can be played differently than this, but provably not better.”
DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE
“Cotik transcends even the profoundly meditative”
FANFARE MAGAZINE
“The joyful virtuosity and stylish musicianship that Tomas Cotik and Tao Lin brought to their superb cycle of Schubert’s violin-and-piano works for the Centaur label happily permeate their cycle of Mozart’s sonatas”
Gramophone Magazine
“brilliant Argentinean violinist”
David Denton for David’s Review Corner
“conviction, commitment, diplomacy and character”
The Strad
“I was immediately impressed by their virtuosity and also their understanding of Piazzolla’s music. I was anxious to see them perform in person”
Gary Burton
“bemerkenswert, kunstvolle und expressive Interpretationen...auf hohem Niveau und den jeweiligen Stilen perfekt angepasst”
PIZZICATO
“excellent style, which is not frequently found”
Daniel Binelli
““Legacy” es, sin dudas, un álbum para emocionarse y escuchar continuamente. Excelencia pura. Imprescindible!”
CULTURALMENTE INCORRECTO
“an excellent violinist”
Michael Tilson Thomas
“excellent violin playing...extremely enjoyable interpretations of music that I love”
American Record Guide
“I marvel at the technical skill which effortlessly encompasses these deeply contrasting styles....a technical as well as expressive master stroke”
CONTEMPORARY RECORD SOCIETY
“a musician who prepares thoroughly and has great respect for the music he performs”
The Palm Beach Arts Paper
“uplifting quality”
MusicWeb International
“perfectly conceived”
Fanfare Magazine
“Anche nell’interpretazione delle sonate di Mozart si evidenziano l’ottima cavata e la perfetta tecnica di Cotik negli staccati particolarmente brillanti.”
GBOPERA MAGAZINE
“unusual depth and broad compass...absolutely brilliant... unmistakable vitality...optimally recorded”