CLIFFORD SMITH
The American Composer and Concert Pianist, CLIFFORD SMITH, in reviews of his unique and formidable performances in the world’s great concert halls, is hailed:
"A REMARKABLE PHENOMENON..."
"A GREATLY GIFTED PIANIST..."
The Concertgebouw, De Tijd, Amsterdam, Holland
"...A PRODIGIOUS TALENT, BOTH AS PIANIST AND COMPOSER."
"...A REMARKABLE CONCERT OF HIS OWN MUSIC."
"...STUPENDOUS TECHNICAL POWERS."
The National Arts Centre, The Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
"...A RICH PAST AS A COMPOSER AND AS A PIANIST..."
"...HE HAS A RAVISHING TOUCH, PEARLY AND VAPOROUS IN TURN,
AND A WRIST OF STEEL..."
Salle Gaveau, Le Guide du Concerts, Paris, France
“…A COMPELLING SWEEP… AND AN ADVANCED CHROMATIC LANGUAGE
THAT IS DEFINITELY THE COMPOSER'S OWN."
"THIS COMPOSER'S MUSIC...HAS SOMETHING PERSONAL AND VALUABLE
TO SAY..."
Wigmore Hall, Review of London Recitals, London, England
"...AN HEROIC EVOCATION..."
"...MODERN INSPIRED WORKS."
"...A MYSTICAL PIANO LITERATURE..."
Het Laatste Nieuws, Brussels, Belgium
“SHOWY, GLITTERY, NEO-IMPRESSIONIST..."
"...FASCINATING...”
Carnegie Hall, The New York Times, New York
“HE DISCHARGED HIS DUTIES AS AN INTERPRETER OF WORKS BY BEETHOVEN AND CHOPIN AS WELL AS THE BACH AND DEBUSSY PIECES...WITH THE SERIOUSNESS OF A PIANISTIC INDIVIDUALIST.”
“AS A COMPOSER (OF MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND WORKS REGISTERED BY THE ASCAP!), HE HAS DEVOTED HIMSELF TO A SPECIAL MYSTICISM...”
“...AN ABSOLUTELY INDEPENDENT ARTIST PERSONALITY.”
Carnegie Hall, Aufbau, New York