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Reviews
“ ... dazzlingly virtuosic soloist." - San Francisco Chronicle
“Gao Hong was a captivating presence on pipa…” - Los Angeles Times
“...like the famous Luoyang peony, she has gradually emerged as the best
of all beautiful flowers...her performance has extremely strong artistic appeal
and belongs under the category of fine wine... the more you listen, the more
beautiful it gets.”
- People’s Music Magazine (Beijing)
"She can perfectly express the beauty of music.....which provides a wonderful
enjoyment for her listeners."
- Pipa Master Lin Shicheng
“...she possesses deep performing skills and particularly strong sensitivity
with the pipa...she is definitely among the top artists of traditional music
performance in the young generation.”
- Zhao Feng, President, Central Conservatory of Music,
Beijing
"Shiomi and Gao have created a beautiful piece of storytelling. The writing
is spare and sharp, the music evocative... Foremost, Gao's artistry with the
pipa transports the work to another time and place - a place inhabited by her
own destiny."
- Minneapolis Star Tribune
" Gao is a virtuoso in every sense of the term. With her fingers fluttering at warp-speed, she made the pipa's four strings sound forth in an astonishing range of timbres....coaxing superlative detail from her instrument, melded with a winning interpretive personality, Gao was a luscious wonder."
- Louisville Courier-Journal
"...ethereal and beautiful music...the emotional variety she produces from
her instrument is both large and lovely."
- St. Paul Pioneer Press
"Hong's spectacular playing, elegant
shaping of phrases and star charisma got 'Flying Dragon" off the ground."
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"A true virtuoso, her playing was thrilling in its variety and expressive
range.... sincere and charming humility ..."
- Milwaukee Shepherd-Express
"Gao Hong's contribution to this international dialogue is unique. First
of all, she is a virtuoso player of the pipa, the Chinese lute, and that virtuosity
and the wide range of emotion that goes with it become an integral element of
the music she writes. ...... the music (Flying Dragon Concerto) sounded fresh
and lively.
- Minneapolis Star Tribune
"The music of the pipa, played by the soul-seducing Gao Hong, affords the
production a unique, ethereal beauty...She draws from the fretted, four-string
instrument an aural tapestry of delicate and reflective moods that arc from
fanciful musing to tempestuous torment."
- Pulse
“...truly a joy and a wonder. When she begins to play, one immediately
senses the presence of a very special performer.”
- Guitarist
“Hong is capable of overcoming great technical demands while showing this
can be
done passionately as the music may require.”
- The Scranton Times
"Flying Dragon...employed dynamic contrasts, varied tone colors, and a
very expressive vibrato. As the last note died away, I realized that 'Flying
Dragon' had spoken to me through music in another language. And ultimately,
opened my heart and mind."
- String Notes
“Gao Hong is not only a virtuoso performer of the highest order, she is
also a charming and totally engaging educator. She is so obviously in love with
her instrument, her music and her audience that it is simply impossible for
the audience not to fall in love with her.”
- Harry Chalmiers, Former Provost, Berklee School of Music, Boston
Gao Hong with Symphonies
"The central cadenza was composed by Hong herself...This was a marvelous
few minutes of virtuoso playing. Hong brought out complex counterpoint between
high and low voices within a furious strumming texture. She surprised the ear
with many degrees of note-bending and tremolo of varying speed, and provided
high drama with rapidly rising and falling dynamics”
- San Francisco Classical Voice
"Gao Hong's contribution to this international dialogue is unique. First
of all, she is a virtuoso player of the pipa, the Chinese lute, and that virtuosity
and the wide range of emotion that goes with it become an integral element of
the music she writes. ...... the music (Flying Dragon Concerto) sounded fresh
and lively.
- Minneapolis Star Tribune
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