Iossif Iossifowitsch Kotek

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Kotek (left) and Pyotr Tchaikovsky, 1877

Iosif Iosifovich Kotek ( Russian Иосиф Иосифович Котек ; born October 25 . Jul / 6. November  1855 greg. In Kamianets-Podilskyi , † 4. January 1885 in Davos ) was a Russian violinist and lover of Tchaikovsky .

Life

Kotek studied violin at the Moscow Conservatory with Ferdinand Laub and Jan Hřímalý , as well as music theory and composition with Tchaikovsky and graduated in 1876. On the recommendation of Nikolai Rubinstein , he was hired by Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck and played privately for them on their estate in Clarens . There he helped Tchaikovsky with the preparation of his violin concerto , especially with the arrangement of the solo parts. In addition to working together, the two also had a romantic love affair, which Tchaikovsky described in detail in a letter to his brother Modest. Tchaikovsky also dedicated his Valse Scherzo in C major op. 34 (1877) to him. In 1879 Kotek was awarded the newly created Mendelssohn Prize for violin ( Engelbert Humperdinck received the scholarship for composition ).

After the end of the relationship, Kotek moved to Berlin in 1882 , where he studied with Joseph Joachim and Friedrich Kiel at the Royal Academic College for Performing Music . He then taught there too. In 1884 he fell ill with tuberculosis and returned to Davos, where he died on January 4, 1885.

Works

  • Six practical studies, for the violin by Josef Kotek. Op. 8. (1880)
  • Morceaux caractéristiques, Op.5 (1882)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Poznansky: Tchaikovsky's last days: a documentary study . Oxford University Press, 1996, p. 15
  2. ^ George Grove: A dictionary of music and musicians: (AD 1450-1889) . Macmillan, 1890, p. 294
  3. ↑ Score download
personal data
SURNAME Kotek, Iossif Iossifowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kotek, Josef; Kotek, Joseph; Котек, Иосиф Иосифович (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian violinist
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Kamianets-Podilskyi
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1885
Place of death Davos