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Concert review: Verona Quartet
“the Verona underlined the work’s deep and songful wisdom in a profoundly centred interpretation”
Peter Quantrill
,
The Strad
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The Verona Quartet bring the house down in Hong Kong debut as part of Le French May, with stellar Beethoven, Ravel and Bartók renditions
“impressive synergy between members and seamless transitions made for an atmospheric performance par excellence”
Christopher Halls
,
South China Morning Post
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Brief Notes: This month's selection features creatures, quartets and a call for world peace
"captivating playing" (five stars for this album)
Michael Beek
,
BBC Music Magazine
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Brief Notes: This month's selection includes fine reinterpretations and rare repertoire
"radiant glow"
Michael Beek
,
BBC Music Magazine
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CD Review — Verona Quartet: Diffusion
"Verona’s technical precision, expressive freedom, and brilliant, dramatic phrasing"
Caitlin Winston
,
Cleveland Classical
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The Verona Quartet Takes on Shostakovich, Haydn, and Brahms
“After the Verona finished the fifth movement with a morendo non-vibrato ending, there was a...magnetic silence. No one dared move while the group held their bows still in midair. This was one of those irreplaceable moments of group experience that happen at concerts, when our individual selves fade out for a moment without breath – before we come back to ourselves to applaud.”
Eric Fishman
,
The Arts Fuse
Feature
How Should a Musician Make a Debut? Try Going Low-Key
"outstanding ensemble…cohesive yet full of temperament"
Anthony Tommasini
,
The New York Times
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A New String Quartet / Un Nuovo Quartetto D'archi
"I confess that I have rarely heard a Ravel so clear, shiny, fluid, and a Beethoven so clean, sweet and feisty all at once, as on this occasion."
Paul Viola
,
Arcipelago Milano
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Juilliard’s Verona Quartet thrills with works new and old
"...the most intense and eerie five minutes of music one will hear this concert season..."
Marcio Bezerra
,
Palm Beach Daily News
Feature
Banff International String Quartet Competition returns with powerful Tesla, Verona Quartet performances
"Verona Quartet illuminates not merely the music but also the rich possibilities for copious expression... They aren’t afraid to take chances with their expression..."
Stephan Bonfield
,
Calgary Herald
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La Jolla SummerFest’s “Virtuoso Winds” Flies High
"It was delivered with delicate perfection by the Verona players, who play and breathe as one..."
Yochanan Sebastian Winston
,
San Diego Story
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Zukerman Trio brings passion, precision to SummerFest
"...fiery ensemble work and big vibrant sound..."
Hertzog
,
San Diego Union-Tribune
Feature
Verona Quartet Named Musical America's New Artist of the Month
"The four musicians of the Verona Quartet were encountering [Babbitt's] sophisticated 12-tone language for the first time—although a listener might never have suspected as much. Their electrifying realization of the work’s Stravinsky-esque drive and Bartókian rhythms and pizzicatos finally unlocked the secret to a composer whose music I had heretofore appreciated mostly for his puckish titles..."
,
Musical America
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Verona: le pur bonheur
..the care, affection, and nuance brought to it by the Verona Quartet offer us a moment of pure bliss. Everything is clear, luminous, and balanced, and the unbridled polyphony of the finale literally shakes the hall
Claude Gingras
,
La Presse (Montreal)
