PETITE VIRTUOSO, IMMENSE POWER
You’ve heard of the barefoot contessa (the old Gardner-Bogart movie; also the more recent cooking show). But are you ready for the barefoot violinista? She’s one of a kind, and hardly your everyday recitalist. Meet the fast-rising Patricia Kopatchinskaja from Moldova (formerly USSR), a petite artist who looks like a sweet young woman but surprising you, playing with great fire and passion. In her Herbst Theatre recital, she called impromptu inaudibles (sic) from the stage, flip-flopping the opening selections, and inserting…