TAGI REVIEWS

Igor Begelman, clarinet

The Inquirer , Philadelphia
"The young Russian-born clarinetist Igor Begelman...has reached a level of security in which the clarinet is his voice. Listeners  were not aware of fingers, keys, reeds or breathing as he effortlessly searched the limits of the instrument's capacities. Its limit was only that of Begelman's imagination, and there was no sign of any boundaries  in this program."

Tatiana Goncharova, piano

 Washington Post 
“…this musician is on the threshold of a brilliant career.”

Providence Journal
“A sensational pianist…epitomizes the best of Soviet training with a fluid, detail-rich approach that made measure after measure jump off the page…”

Buffalo News
“Superb pianist…displayed a detailed and bravura technique. Compelling energy…the performance exuded excitement.”

Grigory Kalinovsky, violin

Strings Magazine
"…an intelligent, probing violinist… easily shifting from lyricism to playfulness to tragedy."  

The Vancouver Sun
"…I consider this disk a must-have... for the fact that you could hardly expect to hear it more rapturously performed than by these two young Russian-born artists."
(5 stars)

International Record Review
“…Kalinovsky and Goncharova play with an emotional intensity which their distinguished Russian predecessors, for all their overwhelming mastery, don’t always match.”

Shopie Shao, cello

New York Times
"Ms. Shao gave the suite an eloquent, powerful performance, and seemed comfortable with both the lyrical and angular currents of Mr. Wilson's style. She gave an equally winning account of Beethoven's Sonata in A (Op. 69), its salient features being perfectly centered intonation, a lush, sweet tone and both speed and precision in the jauntier parts of the Scherzo and the closing Allegro vivace."

Strings Magazine
"Her technique is excellent, her tone beautiful and expressive; she projects seriousness and simplicity."

Strad Magazine
"...Shao demonstrated a superior sense of style, playing with elegance."