".... you are a great artiste and a great pianist, and you understand Schubert .........there are probably 3 pianists on the face of the earth who can do this (Schubert's "Sonata in B flat major") - you're one of them. ..... a great artiste and a great musician (putting herself) at the service of the music - 100%. ...this was a great encounter - because you're a tremendous musician; and a great spirit; I mean huge, - and you have everything. Thank you for being available" |
Benjamin Zander |
"....Ms Seferinova has a grand technique and plays brilliantly." |
Carl Bauman - American Record Guide |
"Valentina Seferinova takes on a difficult task, ...... She is a fluent pianist, and does a fine job..." |
Paul Turok - Turok's Choice |
“Stunning accuracy marks piano recital from Miss Seferinova ...." |
Hampshire Chronicle 2nd March 2001 |
".....I understand that Miss Seferinova was one of the leading pianists in her native Bulgaria ......... She has an impressively fluent technique. Their loss is our gain." |
Peter Davies - |
SEFERINOVA RECITAL TRIUMPH |
Mark Thomas of The Joachim Raff Society |
"I write to say a very big 'thank-you' for visiting Winchester the other Tuesday and presenting such an outstandingly virtuoso performance. The appreciation expressed by members of the audience afterwards was considerable." |
Winchester Cathedral |
| "You played beautifully". | Natalie Wanamaker-Javier - Great-Granddaughter of Sergei Rachmaninov |
"The capacity audience at Chichester Cathedral for Valentina Seferinova's piano recital was held spellbound by (her) virtuosic range .... Swiss-born romantic composer Joachim Raff sounding like Liszt, and like Liszt demanding the finest technique. This technique Valentina has, ... " |
Maureen Wright - reproduced by permission of the Chichester Observer 26th May 2005 |
| "….. In Jadassohn’s Piano Concerto we are treated to a stormy attack. Heroic shrapnel flies every which way in repeated evocations of the Liszt and Schumann piano concertos. Valentina Seferinova is fully in charge and attacks the solo part with great romantic flourish. Her stonily commanding tone is unmistakable. ….." |
Rob Barnett Music Web International |
“Valentina Seferinova was a most persuasive soloist in Howell’s Concerto ..” |
Bob Briggs musicweb-international.com 11-11-2010 |