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“Ms. Oppens extended her Elliott Carter franchise with “Tri-Tribute” (2007-8), a set of three short, sparkling works that she played with consummate clarity and zest.“ - Leonard Shure Tribute Concert, The New York Times, July 26, 2010
“One of the foremost interpreters of contemporary classical music...Throughout, Oppens played with authority and panache.“ - Van Cliburn Foundation, Scott Cantrell for The Dallas Morning News, February 22, 2010
“Many of us approach concerts of new classical music with trepidation. Will we know the composers? Will we like the music? Will we understand it? Well, more of us should attend new-music concerts like the one starring pianist Ursula Oppens on Saturday afternoon at the Modern Art Museum. Oppens not only skillfully played solo piano pieces by living American composers William Bolcom, Tobias Picker, John Corigliano and Elliott Carter but also talked about the music with some easygoing prompting by moderator Shields-Collins Bray.“ - Van Cliburn Foundation, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, February 20, 2010
“This is not easy fare, but Oppens embraces it almost rapturously. Among her many gifts is the sense of unity she confers on this disparate collection, shunning chronological order in favour of a sequence that both makes dramatic sense and leads the willing pilgrim into the eye of a hurricane... {she has} an intuitive feeling for destination and a formidable technique that allows no expressive possibility to elude her.“
- Carter Celebration, San Francisco Performances, The Financial Times, December 10, 2008
“Oppens‘ steely fingers and tender, inviting sense of lyricism infused the pieces on her program with athleticism and grace.“ - Carter Celebration, San Francisco Performances, Joshua Kosman for The San Francisco Chronicle, December 9, 2008
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 Leonard Shure Tribute Concert, The New York Times (July 26, 2010)
Van Cliburn Foundation, Scott Cantrell for The Dallas Morning News (February 22, 2010)
Van Cliburn Foundation, Fort Worth Star-Telegram (February 20, 2010)
Messiaen‘s "Visions de l‘Amen" with Jerome Lowenthal, The New York Times (May 27, 2009)
Carter Celebration, San Francisco Performances, The Financial Times (December 10, 2008)
Carter Celebration, San Francisco Performances, Joshua Kosman for The San Francisco Chronicle (December 9, 2008)
"Oppens Plays Carter" CD Review, The Dallas Morning News (November 9, 2008)
"Oppens plays Carter" CD Review, The New York Times (November 9, 2008)
"Olivier Messiaen at 100", Symphony Space, The New York Times (November 7, 2008)
Complete solo piano works by Elliott Carter, The Boston Globe (October 31, 2008)
CD Review, Works of Tobias Picker on Wergo, Audiophile Audition (October 28, 2008)
Performing at Tanglewood‘s Elliott Carter celebrations (July 23, 2008)
Recital at Ravinia w/Carter "Night Fantasies", Chicago Sun-Times (June 19, 2008)
Recital: 1938 Programs, The Los Angeles Times (April 10, 2008)
Carter "Dialogues", Bolcolm Cto (world premiere), LA Phil, Los Angeles Times (March 27, 2008)
Complete Carter Solo Piano Works, New York Times (January 19, 2008)
New York Times (May 22, 2007)
Los Angeles Times (May 26, 2006)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (February 18, 2006)
New York Times (July 23, 2005)
Rockford Register Star (April 13, 2005)
Courier Journal (April 27, 2004)
Pittsburgh Post Gazette (December 4, 2003)
New York Times (December 10, 2002)
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