“The rising young pianist Francesco Tristano played the formidable solo part brilliantly. He had rhythmic bite and color galore, while bringing engaging impetuosity to the music.” . THE NEW YORK TIMES
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/arts/music/hamburg-symphony-orchestra-at-roulette-review.html
Francesco Tristano opens new paths in Classical Music…” – EL PAÍS
The program “opened and closed with Ravel – Tristano’s own, very skilful, very witty two-piano version of Boléro, which drives to its climax in a wild torrent of clusters and glissandi, and the composer’s own arrangement of La Valse”- THE GUARDIAN.