Press

 ...Passion, precision and impressive virtuosity...

(Davoser Zeitung, 7.2.2007)

...assisted by the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tomas Koutnik, Irina Vardeli showed how Chopin’s first piano concerto should be played properly: with a firm hand and controlled attack, with a forceful grip and brilliant fluency, with noblesse and feeling...

(Neue Luzerner Zeitung, 17.6.2005)

...Robert Schumann’s Sonata in F sharp minor: played with a firm hand und judiciously shaped formal references... the slow movement in a magnificent legato... the ingenious final movement with a genuinely Schumanesque entrain...

(Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 15.3.2002)