Tomas Cotik will perform works for solo violin by J.S.Bach in the strikingly beautiful Edythe Bates Old chapel at Festival Hill, the home of Round Top Festival Institute.
HAILED BY MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS AS “AN EXCELLENT VIOLINIST,” TOMAS COTIK IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS A SOLOIST, CHAMBER MUSICIAN, AND PROFESSOR. A MUCH SOUGHT AFTER RECORDING ARTIST, DR. COTIK IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN MORE THAN FOURTEEN CD RECORDINGS FOR NAXOS AND CENTAUR RECORDS, WHICH HAVE RECEIVED OVER A HUNDRED REVIEWS AND THE HIGHEST PRAISES FROM SOME OF THE BEST-KNOWN PUBLICATIONS. COMMITTED TO PASSING ON HIS PASSION FOR MUSIC, DR. COTIK TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, AND WEST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. HE WAS APPOINTED ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF VIOLIN AT PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY IN 2016. He is in the faculty of Round Top Festival Institute.