...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)