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“Superhuman facility... jaw-dropping ... the reigning recorder virtuoso in the world today.”
WASHINGTON POST Jan 2003
“A recorder player of staggering virtuosity and reliability… intensely musical and astonishingly colourful performances.”
PITTSBURG TRIBUNE REVIEW Sep 2002
“The outstanding recorder virtuoso of our time.”
INDIANAPOLIS NUVO WEEKLY July 2002
"Recorder virtuoso Piers Adams introduced almost everything, strutted and danced while delivering musical fusillades, and generally dominated the proceedings with flamboyant zest…"
LOS ANGELES TIMES Oct 2001
"One of the top recorder players in the world… showy, highly virtuosic style"
DENVER POST Oct 2001
"An astonishing recorder virtuoso who unleashes volleys of notes with piercing articulation and firearm precision."
WASHINGTON POST Feb 2001
"Absolutely incredible virtuoso skill - you just don't hear that kind of playing these days."
VIRGINIA GAZETTE, USA
"It's not easy to make the recorder a sexy, extrovert instrument yet Adams' virtuosity is breathtaking and presented with unfettered showmanship."
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
"The concerto could not have been better played than it was by the engaging Piers Adams· he bent to the knees like a jazz trumpeter to squeeze every last breath of air out of his lungs· we cheered loud and long for a repeat."
EASTERN DAILY PRESS
"Here is a performer whose success is surely guaranteed by a winning combination of technical genius, expert product marketing, and above all, the compelling power of a truly top-class entertainer over his audience."
THE RECORDER MAGAZINE
"This English recorder-wonder is a virtuoso with powerful emotions; his secret lies in the combination of unbridled musicality and unsurpassable finger technique. He raises the music to new dimensions of dynamic surprise and compositional innovation, and shines his individual light on perennial favourites."
DIE REIN PFALZ, GERMANY
"A jeu d'espirit, especially as played by the recorder virtuoso Piers Adams, who juggled with no fewer than five instruments, occasionally playing two at once, in this witty beautiful, action-packed piece... dazzling."
THE SUNDAY TIMES
"Apart from being a superlative musician, Piers is a born communicator, and his immense energy inspired everyone from the youngest child to the oldest viola player into giving the performance of a lifetime. His Telemann Concerto.....was one of the most exciting pieces of musicianship the audience had ever heard!"
OXFORD TIMES
"Beyond virtuosity into the realms of improbability."
CLASSIC CD
"His virtuosity as a recorder player is almost legendary· He really has to be heard to be believed."
MUSICAL OPINION
"Piers Adams is the Andrew Manze of the recorder. And not only that--he's the Paganini too, a consummate artistic interpreter and unabashed virtuoso showoff all in one."
CLASSICS TODAY
"Piers Adams is an amazing recorder player - his virtuosity can handle about anything"
AUDIOPHILE AUDITION
"Staggering..."
GRAMOPHONE
"Extraordinary virtuosity·"
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
"A virtuoso of the highest order. Amazing technical feats are accomplished with self-effacing modesty· Piers Adams coaxes the instrument into an expressiveness I had not thought possible."
THE RECORDER MAGAZINE
"The fastest recorder player in the West."
BBC RADIO 3
"The most remarkable ambassador for the recorder I have ever heard... combines profound musicianship with an extrovert but never domineering virtuoso personality, and a technique which every so often defies belief."
CD REVIEW