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" (..)
and everything he (Ning An) touched had
plangent tone and melting, poetic
sensitivity. Each piece seemed to grow from
within rather than being hammered into shape
from the outside. Even the "Dante" Sonata,
for all its searing bravura, glowed with
tender tone coloring, and Chopin's Third
Sonata, so hard to hold together, seemed all
of a piece in Ning's hands. This is a young
pianist to watch...."
Miami Herald, June 2000
"It is
rare, even in these days of burgeoning
talent, to encounter a pianist who combines
a flawless technique and mastery of the
instrument with an expressive power that is
fueled not only by the local beauties of
Chopin's music, but equally powerfully with
a profound and insightful understanding of
Chopin's harmonic and formal dramaturgy. (
.... ) Ning An impresses with his developed
musicianship, his discerning sense of form
and style, his penetrating and illuminating
interpretation, and his perfect technical
command. I have no doubt that he will join
the ranks of the finest interpreters of
Chopin."
New York Concert Review, April 2000
"Ning
An's personal and involving style, backed by
a prodigious technique carried the day, as
it should have. The 26-year-old,
Chinese-born, Boston-based musician is a
remarkable artist, a find."
Tim Smith, Baltimore Sun, 2003
"La
facildad tecnica de este pianista es
asombrosa, como lo es tambien su capacidad
para concentrarse en la musica. Tocando
Bach, la partita no.5 su sonido era
transparente y la manera de tocar permitia
escuchar todas las voces con una claridad
admirable."
Translation:
"The technical facility of this pianist is
amazing, as it is also his capacity to
concentrate itself in the music. Playing the
Bach partita no.5 one found sound that was
transparent and found the way to permit one
to listen to all the voices with an
admirable clarity."
Angel Cordoba, Diario de Cordoba, 2003
"An
is, without doubt, among the two or three
most technically gifted pianists to ever
play on the Young Pianists Series, the
alumni list of which includes a number of
pianists who have gone on to mega careers."
Harold Duckett, Knoxville News Sentinel
2004
"Deep
down, An seems to be a Chopin man. He played
the three Ballades with a compelling
combination of intensity and a sense of
leisure. He allowed the music to breathe and
the sound to well out of the piano, and he
had the patience and concentration needed to
allow everything to happen in its own time.
Its not easy to make them sound new and
breathtaking, but An did."
Joan Reinthler, Washington Post, 2004
"In
his Chopin program, Ning An again shared
magisterial artistry. His account of the
Sonata in B minor blended heavenly lyricism,
emotional fervor and keyboard fireworks. The
"Black Keys" etude went by like a refreshing
wind."
Donald Rosenberg, Cleveland Plain Dealer,
2005
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