Natasha Korsakova

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Natasha Korsakova ( Russian: Наташа Корсакова ; born January 24, 1973 in Moscow ) is a violinist and writer living in Switzerland .

Life

Natasha Korsakova is the daughter of the Russian violinist Andrei Korsakow (1946–1991), a descendant of Georgi Mikhailovich Rimsky-Korsakov , and the Russian-Greek pianist Iolanta Miroschnikowa. Her adoptive father is the Italian journalist and writer Antonio Caprarica, RAI's long-time UK correspondent.

Korsakova speaks five languages ​​fluently (Russian, German, Italian, English, Danish).

The artist lives with her partner, the violinist Manrico Padovani, in the Swiss canton of Ticino.

Professional background

Korsakova received her first violin lessons from her grandfather at the age of five. She began her studies with her father Andrei Korsakov at the Moscow Conservatory . After his death she moved to Germany and continued her studies, first with Ulf Klausenitzer in Nuremberg, and later with Saschko Gawriloff in Cologne.

At a young age, she successfully participated in various international competitions. Among other things, she received the silver medal at the Hendryk-Szeryng Competition in 1997 and was a prizewinner at the Stradivari Competition in Cremona in 2001.

During this time she also began her international concert career, where she worked as a soloist on concert tours of the State Russian Chamber Orchestra, the Academic State Orchestra of Russia and the Moscow Philharmonic with the conductors Yevgeny Svetlanov and Vasily Sinaiski .

In 1994 she made her debuts in the Berlin Philharmonie, the Leipzig Gewandhaus and the Cologne Philharmonic. In 1996 she made her debut in London and in 1997 in a gala concert in honor of Dmitri Shostakovich in Paris. One of the concert highlights in 1998 was a concert conducted by Mstislaw Rostropowitsch , in which she played the violin concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven , and an invitation to Gidon Kremer's Lockenhaus Festival. In 1999 she played for the first time in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

In addition to their concert activities in Germany and Russia, they have made guest appearances in European countries, America and Japan. In 1998 she was named artist of the year in Chile . After a recital in front of the Italian President and several concerts in Milan , Korsakova was awarded the “Premio Catullo” as artist of the year in Italy in July 2008 .

The highlights of the following years included a. the concert in Sala Nervi in ​​the Vatican, in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI. , with her partner, the Swiss violinist Manrico Padovani (2011). The event took place in connection with the audience for the Fondazione Sorella Natura. The violinist is also a guest on Italian TV talk shows. a. on RAI and SKY TV. She was a participant in the international conference “21 Minutes Knowledge of Excellence” in Milan in November 2010. Among the participants were David Gross (Nobel Prize in Physics 2004) and Susan Polgar (Chess Grand Master).

Korsakova is a regular guest at international festivals such as Uto Ughi per Roma, the Ludwigsburg Festival, Incontri Asolani, Schleswig-Holstein and the Lockenhaus Festival.

Composers such as Daniel Schnyder and Robert Vinson dedicated their violin concertos "Mozart in China" and "Concerto in F - Tribute to G. Gershwin" to the artist.

Korsakova also made her debut as a novelist. “Deadly Sonata - A Case for Commissario di Bernardo”, published in October 2018 by Heyne Verlag , Munich, tells of the violent death of an influential Roman music agent and his enlightenment. Another thriller in the series called "Roman Finale - A New Case for Commissario Di Bernardo" was released in 2019.

Instruments

Korsakova owns and plays two violins by the French violin maker Jean Baptiste Vuillaume , including a Stradivari Vuillaume "Messiah" from 1870.

Memberships

Since 2011, Korsakova has been the cultural ambassador of the “Fondazione Sorella Natura” in Assisi, Italy.

Awards

  • 1996: "Russian Muse"
  • 1997: Silver medal at the Hendryk-Szeryng competition
  • 1998: "Artist of the Year" in Chile
  • 2001: Winner of the Stradivari competition in Cremona
  • 2008: Premio Catullus Milan "Artist of the Year"

Publications

CDs:

  • Natasha Korsakova / Andrei Korsakov: Violin Double Concerto by Bach (Live 1990)
  • Natasha Korsakova / Kira Ratner (p): Opera Fantasies (2007)
  • Natasha Korsakova / Orchestra of the 13th tone: Mozart in China (2012)
  • Natasha Korsakova / North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra: Gershwin and more (2013)
  • Natasha Korsakova / Orquestra Filarmonica Queretaro: Beethoven (2014)
  • Natasha Korsakova / Manrico Padovani: Tabula Rasa - Violin Double Concerts (2016)

Author:

reception

“... who is one of the most sought-after violinists of her generation internationally. The five-language star violinist came to Germany at the age of 19 and immediately fell in love with the German language. Her name stands for sophisticated technology, a distinctive sense of style, incredible stage presence and an irresistible charisma. "

- FOCUS August 30, 2018

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Götz Heinrich Loos: Korsakowa simply breathtaking. In: Westfälische Rundschau. October 16, 2008, accessed October 2, 2018 .
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personal data
SURNAME Korsakova, Natasha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Корсакова, Наташа (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian violinist
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow