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About the Duo's CD (IvoryDuo! Live, 2004)
"The IvoryDuo Live! CD is simply wonderful in both the selection of pieces and in your interpretation. I was really impressed by your sound: natural, spentaneous, with amazing ease. It really touched me"
JOHN KATSARIS, former cultural manager of Festivals in Greece (Trikala, Kefalonia, Delphi) and presenter
About Natalie Tsaldarakis, concert pianist
“Natalie shows herself as a young musician of great personality and her playing is confident, self-assured and musically compelling. Her repertoire is very impressive and is already an experienced performer”
ELENA RIU, concert pianist
“Authoritative, energetic, sensitive playing- very musical!”
Larry Dorminy, conductor
“An excellent performance. The clarity and definition of your playing was quite outstanding!” Ray B. Finckle, piano professor, State University of New York (Potsdam).
“Thank you for a most enjoyable program and performance”
Ellen Flint, adjudicator, MTNA Wurlitzer Young Artist Competition 1993.
“…a fine solo pianist. It was my pleasure to hear her brilliant solo recital”
Kathryn Chilcote DMA, Director of Opera, Governor for Pennsylvania for the National Opera Association.
“When Natalie plays the piano, one listens; the music sounds meant”
Richard Veleta, Professor of Music, West Chester University (US).
“She has extensive professional experience and is a gifted teacher as well as musician. I highly recommend her!”
Dimitri Toufexis, concert pianist and pedagogue, senior Music Professor, The American College of Greece.
“Natalie Tsaldarakis is a pianist of international stature”
Kathimerini (Greek newspaper).
“Natalie Tsaldarakis is an important young Greek concert pianist with hundreds of concerts in Greece and overseas”.
Excerpt from the entry in the Dictionary of Music and Musicians by musicologist and member of the Advisory Board of the Athens Concert Hall, Mr. Kalogeropoulos, Giallelis Editions.
About Panayotis Archontides:
'the brooding Panayotis astonishes us [...] He began the Samuel Barber's Piano Sonata op.26, arguably one of the most important solo works to come out of the United States [...] The soloist then astonished the audience with the facility with which he tackled the fast and furious fugal finale. '
Gloucestershire Echo, 10/2/07 on its review (Roger Jones, music critic) of Panayotis' solo recital at Cheltenham luchtime Spring Concert Series 2007.
"...hot property!"
From the advertising page that appeared on concert-diary.com for the announcement of his Lauderdale House recital.
"...an excellent pianist with a brilliant future to aspire to!"
David Rosenboom, adjudicator of John Halford Piano Competition 2006.
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