Acclaim
“…[Sara Daneshpour] created transfixing poetry. And she found delightful details in the passagework and incidents that other pianists treat as routine.” – The Washington Post
“…[Sara Daneshpour] delivered a powerhouse account of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No. 1, producing enough tone for two pianists in the process…” – The Baltimore Sun
“…sensational. Strength, finesse, passion; it was all there.” – The Mercury News
“…she lavished color on oft-neglected lines, illuminated subtle beauties, and raged through the storms, always with stunning polish.”
– New York Concert Review
“…she attacked the finale with unremitting intensity, bringing listeners to their feet.” – New York Concert Review
“…admirably colorful playing.” – The Baltimore Sun
“…[Daneshpour] played with a combination of technical abandon…and elegant restraint of tone and volume.” – The Washington Post
“…dynamite…[Daneshpour] handled the tumbling descents of the first movement [of Schumann’s Piano Concerto] with graceful ease, and achieved sudden bursts of fortissimo without histrionics or hammer blows… She played gently, with a caressing motion, and her dreamy, freewheeling passages were so engrossing that the clipped, martial bits came as a pleasing jolt back to reality…they achieved a kind of collaborative control: soloist and orchestra moved fully together, their phrasing a marvelous unison.” – The Courier Post (Camden, NJ)
Translation from Polish:
“…the artist’s performance glowed with elegance and finesse…her toccata-like approach, with rhythmic accents and spontaneity, was absolutely revelatory…She played [Franck’s Prelude Chorale and Fugue] with such deep feeling, uncovering layers of hidden artistry, that I wished the work would never end. A different stylistic approach in Rachmaninoff 3 Etudes Tableaux brought virtuosity and imagination…But the climax of the recital was Daneshpour’s bravura performance of the Prokofiev Toccata. It was hard to come to earth after listening to the pianist’s wild and passionate performance. I will remember her as spectacular!” – Biuletyn Festiwalowy