Violinist, Professor & Producer

Tomás Cotik is internationally recognized as a soloist, chamber musician, and professor. A highly sought-after recording artist, Dr. Cotik has released twenty CD recordings for Naxos and Centaur Records, accumulating over six million streams and receiving more than two hundred enthusiastic reviews from the international press. Dedicated to sharing his passion for music, Dr. Cotik holds the position of Professor of Violin at Portland State University.

Dr. Cotik has been recently honored with several prestigious awards, including First Prize in The American Prize for String Performance (2025), the Dean’s Council Award for Research, the Kamelia Massih Outstanding Faculty Prize, five Global Music Awards, two International Classical Music Awards nominations, a National Endowment for the Arts Grant, and a Fulbright Scholar Award for Spain.

 
 
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Violinist, Professor & Producer

Tomás Cotik is internationally recognized as a soloist, chamber musician, and professor. A highly sought-after recording artist, Dr. Cotik has released twenty CD recordings for Naxos and Centaur Records, accumulating over six million streams and receiving more than two hundred enthusiastic reviews from the international press. Dedicated to sharing his passion for music, Dr. Cotik holds the position of Professor of Violin at Portland State University.

Dr. Cotik has been recently honored with several prestigious awards, including the First Prize in the American Prize for String Performance (2025), the Dean’s Council Award for Research, the Kamelia Massih Outstanding Faculty Prize, three Global Music Awards, two International Classical Music Awards nominations, a National Endowment for the Arts Grant and a recent  Fulbright Scholar Award for Spain.

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Upcoming Concert

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13 Nov 2026

French Masterpieces for Violin and Piano

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The program features the elegance and imagination of Claude Debussy’s Violin Sonata, the lyrical charm of Lili Boulanger’s Nocturne and Cortège, the expressive intensity of Francis Poulenc’s Violin Sonata, and two beloved works by Maurice Ravel: the Violin Sonata No. 2 and the dazzling virtuoso showpiece Tzigane. Spanning the late Romantic and early modern eras, these works reveal the remarkable palette of colors, textures, and emotions that characterizes French music, showcasing its refinement, imagination, and brilliance.

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"With a broad and balanced sound and great technical ability, Cotik displays well-articulated phrases, with mood contrasts, and an individualized treatment…This version of Cotik is exuberant in its beauty and greatly inspired creativity."
Sonograma
"an excellent violinist."
Michael Tilson Thomas
"NOMINATED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS 2018"
ICMA
"The BBC Music team’s current favourites"
BBC MAGAZINE, Niel McKimCEO
"5/5 Stars. Tomas Cotik presents a well thought-out and coherent view of this collection…in which the listener can remain acoustically engaged … never tired of listening, which clearly demonstrates the artist’s knowledgeable and intimate engagement with the material"
Pizzicato
"The CD recording is his seventeenth in ten years, yet no sign of fatigue is evident when his passion for the material translates into performances of immense appeal…Cotik invests the material with so much life. Listening to him play is never less than a pleasure, and all twelve pieces are brought vividly and expressively to life."
Textura
"another outstanding solo disc on Bach The Six Suites…Cotik’s customary details and insightful booklet essay adds to a fascinating release."
The WholeNote
"Cotik’s performance is powerful and technically brilliant, the intonation always flawless,… fearless round, and well-balanced"
CONCERTO – DAS MAGAZIN FÜR ALTE MUSIK
"…intellectual intensity and fresh characterizations that are akin to violinists like Gidon Kremer, Paul Zukofsky, and Joseph Szigeti at their best. Cotik walks a thin line between trenchant and tenuous that beckons your attention at every moment."
Classics Today
"Cotik’s performances are full of color, possess an elegant virtuosity and above all achieve the lyrical refinement that springs from a music that catches us by its rhythmic and melodic seduction"
REVISTA MUSICAL CATALANS