• “ Nikolai Demidenko’s account of the Con­certo in E minor is search­ing and expan­sive, livening up with dan­cing light­ness in the krakowiak-infused finale. ”

  BBC Music Magazine

  
  
• “ There was more to this performance than barn­stor­ming bravura. He made this vast, hour­long piece a study in musical contrasts, and revealed the asto­nishing fecundity of Beetho­ven's imagi­na­tion... ”

  The Guardian

• “ Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto demands high-voltage virtuosity, which it got from the Russian-born Nikolai Demidenko. From the haunting opening bars – darkly poised and pulsa­ting – Demidenko put the Concerto's range of tone ahead of any superficial pianistic fireworks. ”

  The Independent

• “...he is informed by Chopin’s contemporary practice and resources and he adapts
  the modern instrument to reveal an internal world of subtle introspection and
  dazzling virtuosity with captivating precision. ”

  Belfast Telegraph

The Independent, April 2010
International Piano Series Chopin and Schumann recital at the Queen Elizabeth Hall

“If this was a different Chopin from the one we are used to, the way it was delivered took the breath away. Demidenko's virtuosity has nothing to do with Liszt-style playing-to-the-gallery. Supreme technical control and high-speed accuracy are its foundations. More to the point is the clarity with which he invests the most dense and complex structures and the expressive poetry he finds. The two Chopin Nocturnes he gave as encores at the end of this unforgettable recital were flawlessly beautiful. Why aren't the big labels competing to sign him?”

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