"...magical sound of the piano...an overwhelming impression..."
Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Germany

“...intense emotional submerge, refined details, a one-of-a-kind creative atmosphere, marked by
technical confidence and ease, brilliance and poetry...”
Music Life Magazine, Slovakia

"If her Ravel is colorful and sophisticated, her Rachmaninoff playing, exquisitely balanced, restrained, yet
never less than poetic, is even more impressive."
Fanfare Magazine, USA

"...astonishing downright steel-like finger strength, yet well balanced doses...even in most complicated
places remained her play transparent..."
Goettinger Tageblatt, Germany

“once again she showed how flawlessly she can depict the haunting poignancy with her delicate
touch…The piece held the audience spellbound with its rippling imagery."
Journal Tribune, USA

"...The same finesse of finger technique that makes her Scarlatti so fresh is also evident throughout the
'Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman' Variations of Mozart, which showcases Virsik's strong lyrical bent, as well as
her keen intelligence and wit."
Fanfare Magazine, USA

“in Schumann's 'Kreisleriana'…she demonstrated extraordinary degree of control, imagination and
immense manual power…Yet it was in the supremely difficult ‘Gaspard de la Nuit’ by Maurice Ravel,
where she was able to show her true virtuosity…in spite of the innate difficulty of the work, Virsik was in
her element, with alternating phrases of sparkling clarity interspersed with typical Ravel glazed,
underwater-water-like passages. It was truly a superb piece of artistry.”
Maine Times, USA

"...a beguiling Chopin player of immense authority."
Fanfare Magazine, USA

"...Opening with Schumann's Novelette, Virsik took us on a roller coaster ride of its mood swings, full of
passionate intensity and tossing off cascades of chords with apparent ease..."
Maine Sunday Telegram, USA

"...Eva Virsik is a Maine (and international) treasure..."
Portland Press Herald, USA

"...imaginative, charming, and cultured musician and an instrumentalist of formidable skills."
Fanfare Magazine, USA

"...a splendid musician..."
Maine Sunday Telegram, USA

"...Virsik has a touch of poet in her interpretations of music..."
Central Square Times, USA

"...Quartet excels to match pianist...with pianist Eva Virsik the performance had to be the best the PSQ
ever played...It was spectacular..."
Portland Press Herald, USA

"... quintessence of honesty...without a dropped note and with such rhythmical precision...something one
listener has seldom heard..."
Portland Press Herald, USA
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