Reviews
“Mr. Menuhin is a pianist who combines an assured technique and crystalline tone with unfailingly lyrical instincts. His playing was exemplary, exquisitely polished, yet directly expressive.”
The New York Times
“He is admirably serious in intent and execution; he has no traffic with anything resembling superficial mannerism. His fingers are fleet and sure, his tone is crisp and deftly motivated, and his sense of Beethoven style is cultivated, intelligent and unfailingly musical. Menuhin has a lively sense of color and rhythm, and his fingers are obedient no matter what the task.”
Los Angeles Times
“His reading was beautifully controlled by intelligent pacing and musical phrasing. Technically effortless, all his interpretative intentions were directed towards finely graded shades of dynamics, and his most sensitive touch created pearls of beautiful moments. It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience.”
The Jerusalem Post
“The autumnal melancholy of Brahms, op. 118 no 2, was most touchingly realised. Awareness of subtle tone shading was an evocative plus in his Debussy too. A brightly lit L’Isle Joyeuse, colours shimmering, was projected with crystal clarity.”
The Guardian
“Jeremy Menuhin enthusiastically shares his joy of music and steers the listener on a voyage of discovery. He possesses the essential qualities of a maestro – being throughout sensitive and discreet. A combination of refinement and contained fervour dominates his playing.”
Figaro
“Nothing is more difficult for a pianist than to let his piano sing in long flowing lines. The piano is a percussion instrument and real legato is impossible. Jeremy Menuhin let the piano sing as if it were a string instrument. Mozart KV 576 was a jewel of classical grace under his hands. Schubert’s Ninth Sonata D 958 was presented here as a song-cycle, with all the variations of mood and theme.”
Der Tagesspiegel
“Bach French Suite No 5: There was an irresistible ‘joie de vivre‘ in the quicker movements and a stately serenity elsewhere; and while his feet touched the ground, his spirit soared – ideal Bach playing showing the composer’s visionary scope in the least pretentious form. Schubert op. posth. in c-minor: here, too, Menuhin saw to the heart of the music, catching its uncanny headlong impetus.”
Wigmore Hall – Daily Telegraph
“…every harmonic sidestep, every momentary change of pace is tasted to the full…”
(Schubert Sonata D 958/Moments Musicaux D 780)
The Times
“…one of the greatest Schubert pianists of our time…”
(Schubert Sonata D 959/Four Impromptus D 935
Musical Opinion
“…Jeremy Menuhin offers a fascinating new approach…”
(Schubert Sonatas D 960 & D 664)
Gramophone
“…tremendously colourful playing…”
(Austrian tour with Carmina Quartet)
Kleine Zeitung, Austria
“…in Brahms Piano Quintet a white heat of shared responses was kindled”
(with Carmina Quartet at Kyburgiade)
The Times
“…playing with a succulence and individuality”
The Daily Telegraph
“The three musicians in perfect accord, knew how to let this sublime music speak… Art at its greatest”
(Gstaad Festival with Vadim Repin,violin/Frans Helmerson,cello)
Journal de Geneve
“Jeremy Menuhin accompanied and supported with a wonderful sensitivity. A fine pianist”
(Gstaad Festival with Robert Tear)
Der Bund
Pianist mesmerizes public in Mozart’s concerto K.488
“For this concert it was possible to obtain Jeremy Menuhin, a real attraction for the public. His technical brilliance delighted the audience and caused their hearts to beat faster. Under the direction of their permanent conductor, Russell Harris, the orchestra performed confidently but colourlessly. However, Jeremy Menuhin interpreted the Adagio in an astonishingly deep-reaching manner. The smallest melodic detail was given great attention, and the entire work was woven into a meaningful whole.”
Klaus Jürgen Kamprad / Thüringischer Landeszeitung
Un pianiste de génie
“He is impressive”, confesses Francis Gaillot, himself a pianist and in charge of putting on concerts at the conservatory, “He is at one with the instrument. His fingering is very precise, displaying a perfect technique. He may have fingers, so to speak, but he does not stop there. Jeremy Menuhin is immersed in the spirit of the music – in this case a Viennese programme – which he interprets with refinement but without indulgence.”
Récital au conservatoire de musique à Nouméa
(Brahms, Beethoven, Schubert)
Les Nouvelles du 08/06/2013
Menuhin as a Mozart interpreter of genius
“He conveyed the delicate passage work of this witty, pleasing and gallant work in a noble and elegant manner. Focussing on the smallest detail, he simultaneously brought forth the complex topography of the musical landscape, while never losing sight of the greater structure.”
(Mozart concerto K537)
Gothaer Allgemeine, Saturday, 12/10/2013
Brilliant Start to the Season with Jeremy Menuhin
Mozart and Menuhin – a good match
“Jeremy Menuhin’s interpretation of the Mozart K537 was outstanding’, commented members of the Kunst and Kultur committee at the end of the performance.”
Kulturgemeinde 12/10 2013
‘Many-facetted Mozart’
“Today Jeremy Menuhin interpreted Mozart’s K537 with the Thüringen Philharmonie with bravura and deep expression. In this manner he brought the contradictory character of the work to the fore, which displayed itself in clear, transparent tones on the one hand, and poignant, tender passages on the other.”
TLZ, Zeitung für Gotha
Klar und kraftvoll im hoch dynamischen Ausdruck
Jeremy Menuhin brillierte mit Beethoven Interpretation und riss das Publikum zu Ovationen hin
“Preisgekrönt, bestens ausgebildet und auf den bedeutendsten Konzertpodien der Welt zu Hause, ist Jeremy Menuhin über jedes Mäkeln erhaben. Souverän in der Technik, diszipliniert und klar in der Linienführung und kraftvoll im dynamischen Ausdruck verklangen Allegro con brio – Largo – und Rondo – Allegro bewor das Publikum in nicht enden wollenden Beifall ausbrach (von dem Vater Yehudi im elysischen Departement Santa Caccilia schniunzelnd einin guten Teil für sich reklamierte.)”
Neueste Nachrichten
Grosse Musik, grossartig interpretiert
Sinfonia-2002-Konzert in Pontresina, Zuoz, Celerina und Sils
“Jeremy Menuhin ist kein Star, der vom Fernsehen oder Illustrierten herumgereicht wird, er war auch kein Wunderkind wie sein Vater Yehudi Menuhin. Dass er ein hervorragender Musiker ist, wurde schnell hörbar. Mit perlendem, klaren Anschlag lockte er die herrliche Musik aus dem «Yamaha» -Konzertflügel. Da wurde nichts verwischt, jede Achtel-oder Sechzehntelfigur markant, aber nie grob herausgemeisselt.”
Gerhard Franz / Engadiner Post
Drei Festival-Abende mit Yehudi Menuhin und der Sinfonia Varsovia in Straßburg
Bach- Wechselbäder und geistvoll-beseeltes Mozartspiel
“Jeremy Menuhin, seiner Aufgabe pianistisch glänzend gewachsen, hing im d Moll Klavierkonzert einer decrescendo-verliebten Weichzeichner Ästhetik an und zeigte – darin ganz der Vater – keinerlei Scheu vor romantischer Ausdrucksbewegung in den barocken Tonräumen.”
Fritz Wintterlin / Badische Zeitung Kultur Offenburg/Lahr
Pianisten-Poesie verführt das ganze Orchester
Neistrelitzer Bach, Mozart Abend mit Festival Strings Lucerne
“Jeremy Menuhin brachte in Bachs Konzert für Klavier und Streicher in d-Moll viel gestalterische Sorgfalt und Subtilität die das Orchester eher als Back-ground forderte. Keinesfalls plakativ, sondern wie jemand, der – besonders im Adagio – mit einem Silberstift auf ein Breitwandpanorama zeichnete.”
Nordkurier
Hommage der Sinfonia Varsovia unter Jan Krenz in der Hamburger Musikhalle
“Yehudi Menuhins Sohn Jeremy spielte Beethovens Erstes Klavierkonzert mit einer überzeugenden Mischung aus Virtuosität und musikalischer Auslotung. Im Largo Bestach Menuhin mit dem langen Atem der Ruhe, in der umfangreichen Kadenz des Kopfsatzes mit technischer Brillanz.”
Würdiges Gedenken an Menuhin
60è Festival De Musique De Strasbourg
“C’est toujours touchant de voir père et fils dans le même amour de la musique. Jérémy Menuhin a une belle sonorité très bien à adaptée l’interprétation d’une oeuvre de Bach, aussi grâce à sa belle technique. L’adagio était même romantique et chantant. Lord Menuhin et la Sinfonia Varsovia l’ont accompagné avec soin et attention.”
C.K. / Les Affiches – Moniteur no 49