PRESS EXCERPTS           

[see below for Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra excerpts]

ANDREW MANZE    
--Press Excepts

"A performance of Mozart's G-Minor Symphony that was as dark and gripping as any I've heard. Manze and the orchestra brought out every shadowy undercurrent in the music -- even the opening accompaniment figure sounded turbulent and slightly foreboding -- at the same time that they gave the symphony a full measure of rhetoric breadth."
--San Francisco Chronicle

“Through speaking and conducting, [Manze] renders the concert experience utterly comprehensible and consummately enjoyable.”
--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"The performance of this familiar work [Mozart's Symphony No. 40] was ideal, on par with some of the greatest....One was put in mind of the famous account by, of all people, Carlo Maria Giulini."
--Orange County Register

“Andrew Manze [led] a titanic performance of the “Jupiter” Symphony.”
--The Los Angeles Times

“Some sort of mad scientist running wild in an imaginary laboratory of 18th-century sound.”
-- New York Times

“Manze…lovingly shaped the individual movements into a dramatically satisfying whole.”
--The Guardian (London)

“Through speaking and conducting, he renders the concert experience utterly comprehensible and consummately enjoyable.”
--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Andrew Manze [led] a titanic performance of the “Jupiter” Symphony.”
--The Los Angeles Times

“Some sort of mad scientist running wild in an imaginary laboratory of 18th-century sound.”
--New York Times

“Manze…lovingly shaped the individual movements into a dramatically satisfying whole.”

“It was the sensitivity to detail - the sudden celestial quiet of the Voca Me after the opening fury of the Confutatis, the increasing magnitude of each successive declamation of Sanctus - that made the performance stand out.”
--The Guardian (London)

“His performances and recordings can be stunning, filled with spontaneous outbursts that pin back a listener's ears.”
--San Jose Mercury News

“[Andrew Manze] has rightly been called a wizard.”
--The Los Angeles Times

“Andrew Manze makes music as if possessed.”
-- The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

“Manze scaled the full range of emotions and went for every gesture, no matter the risk…He possesses that great gift of engaging the newcomer while pleasing the most learned fan.”
-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Andrew Manze's performances hit with the force of revelation.”
-- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

"Violinist/conductor Manze continues to set new standards with virtually every piece of music he touches."
-- USA Today

"One of the great performers of our time in any genre.”
-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Dazzlingly inventive.”
-- San Francisco Chronicle

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HELSINGBORG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
-- Press Excerpts

“The playing of the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra is wonderfully vibrant.”
--BBC Music Magazine

“The Helsingborg orchestra play splendidly...superb.”
--Gramophone

“Sophisticated high standards….[the Helsingborg Symphony] do everything in their power to make phrases leap off the printed page.”
--BBC Music Magazine

“The Helsingborg SO has a freshness and vitality appropriate to the music's character.”
--BBC Music Magazine

“The Helsingborg Symphony has a uniquely transparent orchestral sound.”
--Swedish Daily Paper (Svenska Dagbladet)

“The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra has become an orchestra of international caliber.”
--Halland News (Sweden)