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Fred Kirshnit- New York Sun - Bargemusic Recital, May, 2008
| "...Ms. Ulyanova's delicate performance of Claude Debussy's "Ondine." She wove a diaphanous web for her aquatic sprite, suggestion rather than declamation fingered lovingly. As the little concert hall rocked back and forth, Ms. Ulyanova crept into the complex harmonic world of "Brouillards (Mists)" and kept her listeners afloat and a bit enchantingly lost in the fog. This was very lovely music making." |
Piano Wereld Magazine - Amsterdam, August, 2005
| "You cannot deny the panache of the Russian piano player Elena Ulyanova. She intensifies showpieces such as the Mefisto Waltz and the Tarantella from a Liszt produced in Russia, with all the restlessness of a wild breathing and rumbling volcano, which rarely slows down." |
International Rachmaninoff Society - September, 2006
| “Elena Ulyanova gives an impressive performance of the [Rachmaninoff] Second Concerto, with much lyrical warmth, and an especially fine slow movement. The [Paganini Rhapsody’s] strong contrasts seem tailor made for her, and she rises to the challenge quite brilliantly in the outer sections, playing with remarkable flair and vitality.”
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Professor Victor Merzhanov, Moscow Conservatory - March, 2000
| “Elena Ulyanova is one of the most gifted musicians of the Moscow Conservatory. She has great virtuosity, brilliant and artistic temperament, unique interpretive expression, and a rich sound palette."
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Roy Gillinson, Beethoven Society of America - November, 2006
| “A phenomenal gifted performer!! Her performance for the Beethoven Society was a rare treat!”
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Seymour Bernstein - April, 2007
| "Fantastic! I finally heard Elena’s CD of Rachmaninoff’s Concerto in C minor and the Rhapsody. What can one say to such playing? It’s magnificent, both musically and technically. I send her my highest praise and admiration for such fantastic playing."
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Dr. Raymond T. Jackson - August, 2007
| “FANTASTIC AND INSPIRED, I couldn't just listen while doing something else...I had to stop everything to just sit and listen. Elena's [Fitzgerald Theater concert] performance was absolutely wonderful and riveting from beginning to end!”
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Vladimir Leyetchkiss, DePaul University - April, 2007
Owen E. Walton, Musicweb International - September, 2006
| “Ulyanova’s playing in the [Rachmaninoff concerto no.2] first movement is generally very fine. There is an admirable clarity to her fingerwork and she really lets us hear the various simultaneous strands that permeate the solo writing."
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