PRESS QUOTES AND ARTICLES

‘Above all, what is striking is how coordinated this ensemble is [...] As if everything were a single common breath.’

— Johanna Paulsson, Dagens Nyheter | 2022

‘Every successful concert, next day is already "the past". We must always look forward, only then will we succeed in shaping the future.’

— Gidon Kremer

‘Music will not save the world, but it can smooth the pain of all those who suffer’

— Gidon Kremer in an article "Music’s moral conscience" by Norman Lebrecht | 2022

‘A quarter-century after Hommage à Piazzolla, world music is a well-established and growing genre, and Kremer and his ensemble rank among its finest practitioners.’

— Bachtrack, Prague Concert Review | 2021

‘Sound and presentation leave nothing to be desired...’

— Richard Whitehouse, Gramophone about CD "Zal: The Music of Milosz Magin" | 2021

‘...performances of scorching insight and stature.’

— BBC Music Magazine about "Searching for Ludwig" CD | 2020

‘The Kremerata Baltica play as if each note is a human life: you don’t often hear that.’

— Norman Lebrecht about Mieczyslaw Weinberg : Symphonies No. 2 and 21 CD, La Scena Musicale | 2019

‘...there is something magical about hearing contemporary Lithuanian music performed by local experts.’

— BBC Music Magazine about "Raminta Šerkšnytė: Orchestral Works" CD | 2019

‘No show, just profound and dedicated musicianship.’

— CBSO, Kremerata Baltica, Gražinytė-Tyla, Symphony Hall, Birmingham concert review by David Nice, The Arts Desc | 2018

‘...the Vasks will live in my memory for quite some time. ’

— Bachtrack, Elbphilharmonie Concert Review 2018

‘The playing of Kremerata Baltica displays tireless energy and Kremer himself bends the musical line as easily as Grappelli did with jazz.’

‘Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltica made us feel like royalty with their virtuosic ensemble playing, friendly ethos, and varied, contemporary programming. ’

— San Francisco Classical Voice about concert at Stanford University's Bing Concert Hall | 2017