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PRESS "Estela Olevsky's playing won us over. This Argentinean pianist presented herself as a sensitive artist who conveys the essence of music in all aspects of her performance without relying upon obvious show-effects. Wiener Zeitung (Vienna Daily) "Alberto Ginastera's First Piano Sonata makes a fine showpiece and Ms. Kersenbaum Olevsky has the powerful technique and rhythmic vitality to create a stirring performance." New York Times "From the feathery opening chord of the E minor Mazurka, Op.41, No.2 to the three apocalyptic strokes of the low D that mark the end of the cycle of Preludes, Olevsky transported her listeners into a private world, intimate and touching. With deeply felt sensitivity, she guided us through the interstices of Chopin's genius, by turns searing and playful, tormented and tender. At the peak of her expressive powers, Olevsky painted a tone picture of a youthful creative force burning with white heat, translating his fiercely passionate experience of life into preciously crafted miniatures of evanescent but arresting emotion." The Republican (Springfield, MA) "...extreme purity of phrasing, flawless technique and a most beautiful tone..." La Nación, Buenos Aires Press responses to CDs: Piano Solos of Latin America: Centaur 2202 "What a rich anthology this is! Four Latin American countries are represented: Argentina (Carlos Guastavino, Alberto Ginastera), Brazil (Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ernesto Nazareth), Cuba (Ignacio Cervantes) and Mexico (Carlos Chavez). Despite the Latin sound that infuses all of the music on this splendid recording, the creative diversity is truly amazing. The Latin countries are blessed with a rich vein of popular and folk music from which to draw. Every piece is evocative of the composer's native culture. What magic this music has! Argentinean-born Estela Kersenbaum Olevsky's close identification with this music shines in the glowing pianism she has lavished on every note in this superb recital. I truly love this music and am happy to add this disc to my collection and recommend that you do, too." Allan Linkowski, American Record Guide Mozart: Complete Works for Violin and Piano "Julian Olevsky and Estela Kersenbaum work hand in glove bringing these works to vibrant, stylish, and spontaneous life. They favor steady, straightforward tempi, while underlining Mozart's mood changes and felicitous modulations through subtle accents and shifts in colour. What's more, their breathtakingly matched unison scales and hair-trigger adjustments of balance easily hold their own with, and often surpass, recorded competition from more celebrated musicians." Jed Distler, The Gramophone |