".... 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
Conductor - Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

"....Ms Seferinova has a grand technique and plays brilliantly."

Carl Bauman - American Record Guide
May/June 2003 issue Vol.66 No.3

"Valentina Seferinova takes on a difficult task, ......  She is a fluent pianist, and does a fine job..."

Paul Turok - Turok's Choice
N.Y.,USA Issue No. 147, September 2003

“Stunning accuracy marks piano recital from Miss Seferinova ...."

".....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 -
Newbury Weekly News
27th November 2001

SEFERINOVA RECITAL TRIUMPH  
"....gave a stunning all-Raff recital...."
"...- stunning accuracy, a real feel for the architecture of each piece and an understanding of the contrasting elements of Raff's style, integrating the warmly lyrical with the contrapuntal and fugal. ..... an emotional intensity expressed by ....... She seems a pianist of rare talents - whilst the delicacy might be expected from her small frame, the sheer power is more of a surprise.   .......her total dedication to what she was playing. .... .On this showing she is a fine artist indeed and richly deserves success in the wider repertoire on the national and international stage."

Mark Thomas of The Joachim Raff Society
reviewing a live recital on 7th. December 2002

"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
Sept. '04

"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, ...    "

Rob Barnett  Music Web International

“Valentina Seferinova was a most persuasive soloist in Howell’s Concerto ..”

“ ……….  As a live performer she definitely ranks, in my opinion, alongside or above some of the most popular international pianists.”

Ian Digsby

Blog.

7th October 2012

“Just been to watch Valya (Valentina) play. omg. Amazing. i actually cried during her first piece. she has more talent in her little finger than i have in my whole body. That was an awesome performance. here’s to the next one. X”

Facebook post

6th October 2012

“Hi Valya (Valentina), just a note to say Thankyou for last night, we all had a lovely evening (even Mark, Mike! :). Your talent is truly amazing, you can see that you feel every note that you play, and how your hands work so fast is unbelievable! The encore piece was beautiful; I had pictures of lovers dancing around in my mind... Thanks again. Xx”

Facebook post

7th October 2012

“……… is a ….. charismatic pianist who is totally absorbed in the piano music she plays.  ……….  The audience cannot fail but be mesmerised by her presence and playing.  Last Saturday evening (at) Petersfield Festival Hall she held their attention throughout a long, demanding programme of Romantic and Russian music.   ………..  Her recital offered a variety of works, all played with a strong sense of drama and detail, as well as excellent finger work.   ………….   Chopin’s Fantasy in F minor Op. 49 was given a truly magnificent performance.  It had great tenderness and freshness with powerfully etched contours, ……….   Two of Rachmaninov’s Morceaux de Fantasie Opus 3 displayed the pianist’s innate feeling for this repertoire.  There was wonderful authority and immaculate technical control, especially in Polichinelle, which had tremendous electricity.  They were truly romantic, imaginative and colourful and were given compelling performances.  Their intensity was well caught ……..  …………”

Reviewer: Ann Pinhey.
Published in Petersfield Herald
Friday 12th October 2012.
Full Review.
Also repeated in Petersfield Post
Wednesday 17th October 2012.