“Liu Yang wowed the opening-night audience with a scorching performance of Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy…”
“Liu Yang, from China, with his dazzling talent, the audience cheered as Liu fired off a few rockets of his own….”
“The Nielsen brought the debut of an outstanding young Chinese violinist, Yang Liu. The concerto calls for an interesting mixture of virtuosity and expression, and Yang delivered on both counts. Technically incredibly adept, he made a strong impression. Yang and Spano seemed to have good rapport with each other and the orchestra.”
“Unbelievable… Yang, near the end of the third movement, he broke a string. Finishing a run, he turned to concertmaster, traded violins and finished the piece playing with incredible accuracy on a borrowed violin. The concerts here were Yang Liu’s first in North America. He is amazing and will certainly be playing to rave reviews. We’re quite lucky to have seen him and Gil Shaham in the same year.”
“Leonhard Bernstein’s ‘serenade’, ambitious, deep spirited work rather than one of the virtuoso standards. Yang, a violin wonder with racing fast fingers. He meets the depth and the tension, he jazzes and sings, masters the highly virtuosic attacks and integrates the complex rhythms to a richly felt musical confession. The orchestral musicians truly enjoy the dialogue with the sympathetic soloist…”
“World-class violinist enravishes Audience to Thundering Applause. What makes Yang Liu’s violin playing so fascinating? It penetrates the artist, for whom technical problems are not an issue, to the tips of the toes. He forms a unit with his valuable Amati and brandishes the bow like a swordsman does his foil. Dynamics are entirely unpretentiously built up to excess.”
“I could not have been any more thrilled with the performance! Both Yang and Olivia are not only extremely approachable and wonderful people, but the caliber with which they play is unmatched! The dynamics that they both achieved left us in awe!”
“Yesterday Yang and Olivia performed at our local Grant County Community Concert Association. I was just thrilled to hear them and to have such extraordinary talent here in our remote, small town. Please pass along my sincere personal thanks to them…” …”I also wanted them to know that Olivia’s comment: ‘Many people play Carnegie Hall, but that’s not where the music is most needed. It is needed in remote corners of the country and the world, that have limited options to hear such artistry.” …”I thank them for the commitment they have made to take their music to the people, and to enjoy the road trip along the way!””