Reviews
"Pianist,Yin Ma, born in China 13 years ago but raised in the United States, is alreadylaunched on an international career, having won a handful of competitions,performed in China, Italy and Hungary.
Sheshowed affinity for Bartok, an even greater flair for Liszt. Lin responded to(the program's) challenges with exemplary vitality. She played Beethoven'sSonata op. 10 correctly and with solid technical assurance...if her career isnot pushed too hard...her Beethoven should be quite special.
HerLiszt is already outstanding...she played with a sure sense of the music'sevocative charm and her interpretation of the Taranteella was fluent."
-Joseph McLellan, The Washington Post, April 2, 1999
"Anincredible young piano talent...swept away the audience with a virtuosity thatwould be amazing for a musician of any age. At only 13 years of age, Yin Ma isnot only extraordinary because of her youth, but the beauty and skill of herperforming provided an absolutely thrilling concert.
Thesight of Lin Ma's fingers flying over the keyboard made one's heart race withexcitement and awe. Yin Ma has been well trained in the shadings of volume andtexture and in bringing her whole body into the emotion of the music."
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ERROR MSG"11-year-old pianist shows flair, promise.
She seems to have a natural understanding of how a Mozartean Phrase isshaped and how it breathes, and her control of melody lines is even andassured."
New York Post, May 30, 1997
"Most great pianists have shown their talent very early in life and Ithink she will become a great one too and very soon."
-Zenon Fishbein, pianist and teacher,1997
"YinMa, (is) a prodigiously gifted 12-year old Chinese-born pianist. Youngsters withadvance digital fluency are proliferating, but Yin Ma, in significant contrastto one of her contemporaries who has been repeatedly engaged by the New YorkPhilharmonic goes far beyond the usual disengaged mechanical exactitude anduninflected note-spinning that all too many critics, and even musicians, makeallowances for in the work of such alleged Wunderkinder. Of course herMozart will change in time, but it already has a goodly modicum of eloquence,melodic grandeur and harmonic intensity. There was strength and character in theway she brought forth certain bass lines, or instinctively sustained and intonedmelodies, almost as if they were vocal arias. Moreover the actual pianism wasquite breathtaking, limpid and free from any sign of muscular strain. Best ofall this engaging but unpretentious interpretation sprang from the mental andemotional resources of an exceedingly mature and well-trained youngster."
-Harris Goldsmith, The New York Concert Review, Summer 1999
"Exceptional young Chinese pianist Yin Ma was the brilliant soloist andshowed in her performances and incredible maturity well beyond her years."
ERROR MSG- John Packwood, Evening Post of Bristol,Winter 2000
"He's (Paul Freeman) also an alert, sensitive concertoconductor, perfectly gearing the orchestral sound to match the volume of YinMa's playing in Ravel's G major Piano Concerto, a performance of great maturity,sure touch, accuracy and dexterity which totally defied her age of 14 - what atalent!"
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