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Q U O T E S · F R O M · T H E · P R E S SEl Progreso (Spain) February 25, 2002 “...one of the most important composers of classical music of his time. (...) a phenomenon in classical music.” “...one of the foremost composers of classical music.” *** MundoClasico.com December 3, 2002 “...the Art of Creating Melodies, with capital letters...” “...thematic clarity, widely approachable harmony, and developmental concision (...)” *** O Sil (Spain) October 1, 2003 “The style and content of his [Mr. Vazquez’s] compositions have led to his being considered unique among the musicians of his generation.” *** www.elprogreso.es February 25, 2002 “Octavio Vazquez triumphs in the US as a composer” “...a musical phenomenon...” *** El Progreso (Spain) December 2002 “Octavio conquers Madrid (...) captivating the entire hall with his music (...) the main event was the music of Mr. Vazquez (...)” *** O Sil (Spain) November 2003 “Octavio Vazquez has just premiered his Viola and Piano Sonata No. 2 at Carnegie Hall (...) a winner in the IV International Prokofiev Competition in Saint Petersburg (Russia) (...) Octavio Vazquez is considered one of the most outstanding musicians of his generation.” *** Liceus (Spain) January-February 2003 “(...) ‘M’ from ‘aMazing’, as is Octavio Vazquez, who, from NYC, projects his music, full of melodic clarity, composing circular and sublime works, spacious and meditative – at only thirty, his music has been performed in many countries, eliciting the most flattering reviews.” *** Mark Greenfest (New York) The New Music Connoisseur June 12, 2003 “Composer-pianist Octavio Vazquez displays the energy, drive and sensitivity of a Franz Liszt, with a content and style of his own; unique among 30ish musicians, he writes and plays with an extraordinary romantic passion that is less a shadow of a past century than a burning torch for the next (...) outshines Bartok (...) a master in his own right.” *** Mark Greenfest (New York) The New Music Connoisseur November 25, 2003 “...extraordinary sensitivity to melodic line and sound...the most artful variation of intense passion and delicacy...unafraid to portray a full spectrum of emotion...a consummated craftsman...not for the faint-hearted...stunning sonorities...electricity in the air...superb doesn't even begin to characterize the musical impression it makes...” *** La Tribuna (Spain) November 11, 2002 “Octavio Vazquez...a style which has been called ‘transgothic’...an art not only to entertain, but to reach into the mysterious, the spiritual, the profound...into what is really important for the listener.” *** El Ideal Gallego Digital November 29, 2002 “(...) in the best Mahler tradition...immediately won the audience...sincerity and strength” *** MundoClasico.com December 3, 2002 “Octavio Vazquez’s works...New-York-like musical pluralism...spotless construction...charming...ironic...” *** Jose Luis Perez de Arteaga National Radio of Spain “...Memento [by Octavio Vazquez] was the winning composition in the Andres Gaos International Composition Prize (...) a terrific composition (...)” *** La Voz de Galicia (Spain) December 1998 “...a talented artist who, notwithstanding his young age is writing music at the highest level (...) Octavio Vazquez has something to say and doesn’t let himself get carried away by false displays of technical virtuosity.” *** National TV of Galicia (Spain) Carlos Regueira, Producer [In 2002, the National TV of Galicia (Television de Galicia, S.A.) produced a full length documentary portraying composer Octavio Vazquez. The documentary was aired repeatedly at the highest audience times, and distributed worldwide via satellite TV. It was one of the most successful programs of the network, and went on to win the Galician Film Academy Award, best documentary.] “...the power and talent of a great artist...” *** National Radio of Galicia (Spain) Maria Jose Rodriguez Pena, Program Director “...one of his country’s most gifted and talented artists...” *** La Opinion (Spain) May 3, 2004 “(...) Vazquez is the most outstanding composer of his generation (...) New York critics have compared his ‘energy, drive and sensibility’ to that of Franz Liszt. “His international career was launched after winning the Andres Gaos International Composition Prize, the Prokofiev International Competition, and the Barrie Foundation Fellowship.” *** Kulturbulletin (Germany) May 2004 “Dreamy and exalted...works by Octavio Vazquez, a composer to be discovered...” *** Vanguardia (Mexico) June 25, 2004 “...extremely beautiful compositions...Viola and Piano Sonata by composer Octavio Vazquez, which premiered recently at Carnegie Hall.” *** Guido Fischer Koeln Musik Triennale (Germany) “(...) Octavio Vazquez...artistically travels back and forth between continents and styles, between Carnegie Hall and soundtrack studios...combining memory and reaching out...[he] looks beyond the surface. “...energy-driven and neo-romantic harmony...motif lines and dynamic waves meet midway through the piece and explode in a polychromatic powerfield...until the initial canon returns, closing the arch.” *** Koelner Stadt Auzeiger (Germany) May 7, 2004 “Octavio Vazquez...a young composer closer to tradition than to avant-garde. His Memento is a massive formal elegy, its profound feeling reminiscent now and then of Shostakovitch.” [ Back to top ] |
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