“Her
performance was gritty, fiery and athletic, backed by a strong technique
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Geoffrey Norris, The Daily Telegraph |
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“Chenyin Li is a player of remarkable subtlety.” |
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Michael Tumely, The Herald |
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"The Chinese pianist Chenyin Li played Mozart with clarity as well as confidence – indeed, more than that.Her feeling for tempi was |
unerring,and in the pure solo passage shedisplayed great variation of expression. The solo passage of the second movement was a fine example of the soloist’s ability to combine expression,
tempo, timing and technique.
The great hall fell silent!”
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"...There's brilliant activity in "A Garland for Anne",
a piano cycle celebrating the poet Anne Stevenson,
perfectly articulated by Chenyin Li."
The Independent On Sunday
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“…The young Chinese pianist Chenyin Li played
at a high spiritual level, the way you find it in recording by the grand old masters of the piano – but a very rare thing to find nowadays.”“What clarity! What introvert calm! What energy! What a fantastic skill of colouring of the sound, which especially came through in the Adagio, where time came to a stand-still – to fly on with optimism and determination in the Finale. What a personality – at that age!”
John Christiansen, Jyllands-Posten
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“…throughout her electrifying performance, [Chenyin Li] never lost an opportunity to underline the most scintillating moments with the sophistication of colour and tonal inflection that so often elude pianists facing such formidable technical
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Gordon Fergus-Thompson, Piano Magazine |
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“…Chenyin Li’s piano concerto was spellbinding, beautifully phrased and of exquisite dynamic subtlety, suggesting a maturity far beyond her 22 years…”
“…the technical extravagances of the Adagio [of the Barber Sonata] being shrugged away with seamless evenness between hands and beautifully placed melodic
lines. Lizst’s exotic and exhilarating Spanish Rhapsody was a tour-de-force, the thrilled audience eventually going home after the calming encore of a gentle Beethoven Bagatelle.” |
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Birmingham Post
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“…her breathless opening of the Romanze from Mozart’s D minor concerto, riveting attention with her poise and ardent
finesse, demonstrated superior powers of expression, technical excellence
and a grasp of the music’s spirit.” |
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The Evening Post, New Zealand |
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“…she is a pianist of poise and stylistic awareness, and already exudes that special quality granted to few of the myriad gifted pianists today.” “…she has her own approach to the music, somewhere between an amiable dialogue and an arm
wrestle. She coaxes, attacks and transforms the music, continually providing the audience with new
insights. Here is a pianist who has her own assured and perceptive
approach. She understands the original intentions of the composers as well as bringing her own individual interpretation which invests the music with a new life.” |
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National Business Review |
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“Here is a very rare
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New Zealand Herald |
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“…Chenyin Li was the soul of tact, interrupting some
soulless Bach with a smiling, "I think there is a lot more in this work". Like Piers Lane, |
she sat alongside her student at a second piano, demonstrating and joining in.”
“…In fact, Chenyin Li did brilliant justice to Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy. Li's programme ran from some faux-flamenco Scarlatti to Ravel's shimmering Miroirs and was, by far,
the most rewarding evening of the
festival."
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