| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 11-Mar-2013 SMU: Caruth Auditorium | Dallas Chamber Music presents the Artemis Quartet: Mendelssohn, Ginastera, and Schubert |
 Caught completely unawares – hearing a group I wasn’t familiar with, and on a Monday evening at that – I ended up seeing the Artemis Quartet give the best performance of any kind that I’ve experienced in quite a while. The Berlin-based group, in the middle of a ten-day US tour that concludes on Sunday at Carnegie Hall, played Mendelssohn, Ginastera, and Schubert on a presentation of the Dallas Chamber Music series.
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| 16-Aug-2012 Hollywood Bowl | Sergio Tiempo plays Ginastera with the LA Phil and Dudamel |
 Adjectives that come to mind for your typical summer concert: fun, friendly, safe. Would any of those have fit last night’s Hollywood Bowl program? “Fun” absolutely works; maybe “friendly”. But “safe”? The centerpiece of the program – Alberto Ginastera’s wild Piano Concerto no. 1 – was anything but that. Try “daring”. Or even “dangerous”.
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| 3-Jun-2011 Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Concert Hall | Emotionally charged exhilaration with the Hong Kong Philharmonic |
 It is bold for an Asian orchestra to tackle a programme of works with a strong and vibrant ethnic character. We got far more than we bargained for in the concert titled “Bravo! Piazzolla” by the Hong Kong Philharmonic on Friday, not only in terms of the generous encores but more so of the quality of performance. Under the baton of visiting conductor Gisèle Ben-Dor, the orchestra delivered a punchy sound of fire from the guts. Moments of lyrical languor augmented the racy stream of clear texture, vibrant colour, and throbbing pace.
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| 12-May-2011 Symphony Space | Infectious Performance of Mexican and Latin American Music by La Catrina Quartet |
 Ambassadors of string quartet repertoire, La Catrina Quartet is a dynamic group of musicians. Performing music from Puerto Rico to Mexico to Argentina, La Catrina Quartet presented audiences with a fresh Mexican and Latin American sound.
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