Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Patricia Kopatchinskaja is a Moldovan-born classical violinist, born in Chișinău in 1977, who began her professional career in the 1990s and established herself within the European classical and contemporary music scene. Her musical approach mixes Baroque and contemporary repertoire, often featuring improvisation, extended techniques and theatrical presentation, and she is noted for commissioning and premiering new works while reinterpreting older repertoire.