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Fernando Otero joins the roster

"Otero’s writing vibrantly summoned tango ancestors while also acknowledging Bartok and Prokofiev. His brilliant playing bore traces of jazz pianists like Bill Evans and Don Pullen. The resulting synthesis proposed bold new directions for a venerable tradition."
New York Times

Katherine Chi: "...electric, alternating between ricocheting expressionism and mechanistic intensity."
Boston Globe

Ilya Itin: "...borderline unbelievable in its combined power and accuracy...achieved with the minimum of physical effort."
International Piano Magazine

Yakov Kasman: "an artist of enormous technical capacity and high artistic vision"
Kansas City Star

Anton Kuerti: "suddenly we were in the unmistakable presence of greatness."
Toronto Globe & Mail

André Laplante: "a master pianist at the top of his form"
Toronto Star

Michael Lewin: "as dexterous and assured as he is audacious, displays dazzling music-making."
Gramophone Magazine

Seymour Lipkin: "reaches lofty heights of inspiration and execution"
American Record Guide

Christopher Taylor: "has emerged as the leading American pianist of his generation."
Boston Globe

Yael Weiss: "remarkably powerful and intense. . . fine technique and musicianship"
New York Times