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THE PHILIPPINE STAR (Manila,
Philippines)
“Vibrancy, assurance,
fluency and strength characterized her interpretation, for
which one readily conceded Chanco is no ordinary performer.
Responding to insistent clamor, Chanco played the following
numbers...Danza’s treacherously complex, densely convoluted
clusters of notes demanding mind-boggling rapidity of execution
demonstrated Chanco’s virtuosic bravura. Rachmaninoff’s
Prelude, in its own fashion, was similarly a daunting challenge
to her remarkable technical skill and stamina. Chanco’s
Manila debut was doubtless a high point in the current music
season.” |
THE ALBUQUERQUE
JOURNAL (Albuquerque, NM)
“Intelligent,
precise, with strong technical skills and a clear concept,
Chanco gave a solid performance, breezing through the high-speed
workout with confidence.” |
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THE SHREVEPORT TIMES (Shreveport,
LA)
“Chanco performed it wonderfully
well. She has a delicate but sure touch, and there is
a definite lyricism in her playing.”
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THE LIMA NEWS (Lima, OH)“Three Pianists Impress
With Styles, Skill”
“Chanco also commanded the instrument
but in a more emotional way...The relationship between
instrument and player seemed more symbiotic. She felt
this music as well as played it. Her velvety touch produced
wonders.”
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THE SACRAMENTO
BEE (Sacramento, CA)
“It
was a superbly eloquent performance all around greeted by
unusually long applause. The spelling out of the music’s
inner logic was beautifully executed by pianist, conductor
and orchestra. Perry called for speed; Chanco gave it to
us in a liquid rush when she had to. The exquisitely slow
second movement was great theater. And the joyful dialogue
of the finale was like a celebration of friends.” |
THE SAN JOSE
MERCURY NEWS (San Jose, CA)
“-her
playing was steeped in expressiveness and tastefulness to
the core. She pedaled the modern piano lightly, as if simulating
a Mozartian instrument, and she ornamented the Adagio tastefully
toward the end with sparkling trills. Much in her playing
was poetic…” |
THE SAN FRANCISCO
CHRONICLE (San Francisco, CA)
“Chanco
has a deep, lustrous tone, a consistent and refined technique
and played this most appealing concerto with high musicality….
The performance by Chanco and by the Berkeley Symphony was
thoroughly satisfying all around. |
THE ARGUS (Fremont, CA):
“Philharmonic
Stages a World Tour of Music”
“Diminutive guest artist, Chanco,
packed a lot of power into the huge chords opening the
neo-romantic “Warsaw Concerto” as well as
into the cascades of arpeggios which followed.”
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THE ARGUS (Fremont, CA):
“Chanco Puts Top-Notch
Touch to ‘Rhapsody”
“Aileen
is a very powerful, yet very musical player. I’ve
worked with her before - she can just enchant an audience.”
–David Sloss, conductor |
THE BOSTON GLOBE
(Boston, MA “Nagano Conducts Pops”
“The performance of Beethoven’s
Piano Concerto no. 2 showed a nice hand-in-glove relationship
with Aileen Chanco, an able, fleet, attractively impetuous
sort of soloist.” |
THE ARGUS (Fremont,
CA): “A Talent for Life”
“It was the freshest, most
energetic performance - just very joyous,’ he recalled.
‘I was so impressed with her playing and her attitude.
It is a combination of courage and a willingness to explore,
a real openness to discovery. She has some sort of gift
that stays in your mind.” –Kent Nagano, conductor
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THE PENINSULA
TIMES TRIBUNE :“Toasting Three Talented Teens”
“Although much of Beethoven’s
Fourth Concerto is playful, it certainly isn’t child’s
play. Chanco brought to it a technique of astonishing suppleness
and no little power. Unlike so many prodigies whose profundity
sounds coached, Chanco seemed to possess a remarkable measure
of the real thing.” |
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