Jascha Spivakovsky

Australia

One of the foremost figures in the world of music

– Sunday Times –

Probably the most satisfying, all-round performer
this generation has heard. His interpretations have soul,
that greatest asset, and a glorious mellow beauty of
song-like tone which is enthralling

– Table Talk –

I have never witnessed such a scene in Australia.
The whole audience rushed en masse to the platform …
Then they rushed the artist’s room … Then they
rushed the steps and surrounded the motor car …
I have never known such enthusiasm

– The Register –

Intuition and dramatic feeling, and command of varied tones. He seems to call up the spirit of each composer in turn

– The Register –

The audience realised that a genius of
the piano had come to them

– The Sydney Sun –

He approaches every work with a seriousness of purpose and deeply felt appreciation which make for the highest in art

– The Sydney Mail –

A remarkable artist, full of vigour,
strength and virility … personal magnetism

– The Sydney Mail –

Scintillating technical brilliance, splendid tonal
varieties, and fine interpretation

– The News –

He took his warm-hearted audience into a big
imaginative world, full of life and emotion, and gave them some bravura playing of colossal strength

– The Argus –

To say that Jascha Spivakovsky is a great player is to
damn him with very faint praise indeed. It takes more than
mere playing to make the player. It requires the widest possible knowledge. It needs a breadth of imagination and sentiment to which very few can rise. It pre-supposes that intimate communion between man and the spiritual light of inspiration, without which playing in the abstract becomes merely a commonplace. Jascha Spivakovsky is a genius

– The West Australian –

Recognised in Europe as the finest
living interpreter of Brahms

– The Advertiser –

King in the realm of Chopin

– The Brisbane Courier –

One of the greatest exponents of
Tchaikovsky’s concerto in B flat Minor

– The Daily Standard –

An experience of mind and spirit and a sincere
artist’s submergence of self and technical
awareness into the world of Beethoven

– Sir Neville Cardus in the Sydney Morning Herald –

The best Mozart I have ever heard

– Lady Edith Cardus, wife of Sir Neville –

Extraordinary grip of technique and a far-reaching sense of conception and direction … playing which made much that has been heard on the instrument in Sydney these several years seem as the tinkling of insignificant bells

– Sir Neville Cardus in the Sydney Morning Herald –

Stamped with unmistakeable signs of rarity
and greatness … I have the choice between futile
and inadequate language and silence

– John Sinclair in The Herald –

One of the greatest pianists in the world

– Dame Nellie Melba –

A titanic interpreter of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms

– The Australian –

Australia

The finest trio of instrumentalists in the world

– The Advertiser –

Not only is each a master of his own instrument, but in combination they possess an ensemble unison that makes them as a trio supreme in the musical world today

– The Advertiser –

Internationally famous and regarded as
the finest trio of instrumentalists in the world

– The Recorder –

Magnificent display of artistry and a technique that
transcends all difficulties of interpretation. Not only is
each in his particular sphere a virtuoso of his own instrument, but with the infinite capacity for taking pains that is the hallmark of genius, they have laboured incessantly to perfect the unison and teamwork of their ensemble playing, until as a trio they stand supreme in the musical world today

– The Northern Star –

Like a breath of fresh, delightful air … each is a
mature and brilliant artist … perfect unanimity
in ensemble … exquisite blending of tone; delightful clarity
in outline … nothing ostentatious in the rendering …
always conscientious and sensitive musicianship

– The Argus –

It would not be easy to forget the remarkable
performance ... it was a rare experience

– The Argus –

All three are brilliant executants … also fine and sincere musicians … Besides the glamour of glorious tone, superb agility and impeccable polish they have deeper charm

– Sydney Morning Herald –

Great artists … finished musicianship, an absence of showiness, a sincerity and technical sureness
typifies each member of this brilliant trio

– The Labour Daily –

Colossal stature … ensemble one dreams about …
always a right sense of balance and a
reasoned sensibility of interpretation

– The Advertiser –