Acclaim

“…[Curtis] left the audience totally enthralled by impeccable technique and maturity…[the audience was] overtaken by her virtuosity and passion…” –Classical Voice of North Carolina

“Violinist Jennifer Curtis…treated Brahms not as an unfathomable mystery or a monument admired from a distance. She was eyeball-to-eyeball with Brahms’ Violin Sonata No. 1 (Op. 78) in a startlingly authoritative performance that took you deep inside the piece. Most performances have the big moments, but Curtis’ structural understanding created a keen through line, often via intense treatment of secondary voices…For Tartini’s Sonata in G minor (“Devil’s Trill”)…the performance’s delicacy was the most memorable aspect, as well as trills that flickered attractively. Ysaye’s sumptuously lyrical Poeme Elegiaque came off so well you wondered why it’s never heard.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer

“…inventive and quite fascinating…Ms. Curtis is a very good violinist with a thorough command of the instrument, a secure technique in every part of the fingerboard, and a powerful tone. Her approach is very assertive…[she and cellist Susan Babini in Kodály’s Duo] engaged in fine give-and-take, trading phrases and melodies, and they empathetically captured the idiomatic Hungarian rhythms and moods, from melancholy nostalgia to peasant dances, as well as the improvisatory quality of the Finale…[Curtis] successfully evoked moods and images with colorful, varied sound effects and expressive nuances…Ms. Curtis negotiated [Robert Mann’s Sonatina’s] hurdles with admirable ease and confidence.” – New York Concert Review

“…imaginative and intense…” – Broad Street Review (Philadelphia)

“…remarkable…” – Times Union (Albany)