Yeol Eum Son
F e a t u r e d R e v i e w s
"To my ears she gave the more exciting interpretation of the mandatory Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto: a blistering reading that left me gasping. I would have given her gold, not silver."
- The Times
"From her delectation of the elaborate, quasi-improvisational ornamental writing in the Haydn Sonata to her teasingly understand final note of Godowsky’s Fledermaus transcription, Son not only plays with incisive tone but gives the impression of being a spontaneous communicator."
- BBC Music Magazine
"But the big surprise was mainly the pianist Son who gave an explosive rendition of Ravel’s Concerto for the left hand, in a dress that exposes only the active arm …… We have to again thank Gergiev who discovered her a few years ago at the Tchaikovsky Competition."
- De Volkskrant
"Son’s poise and lyricism were evident in her reading of the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1, a work that is musically less substantial and certainly less famous than the Second. She nonetheless made a powerful impression, displaying both an impressive, sparkling technique and a restrained, silky touch in the more lyrical passages. Son literally let her hair down, shaking out a chignon, in the second-movement Andante, playing as if it were an eloquent private reverie."
- Seattle Times
"A kind of superhuman éclat that can easily remind you of Hoffmann or Lhévinne in its supremely clear, neat and even brilliance"
- New York Concert Review
"Son should have no trouble building a career. She’s got the fingers and the personality - and, the haut-est couture."
- Dallas Morning News
"Blessed with a natural, unaffected musicality, this young artist plays with a fluid technique and a guileless approach."
-The Columbus Dispatch