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"Listening to 23-year-old Laura Buruiana play the cello, one might guess she would also be a very fine singer. She embraces her instrument as an extension of her own body, and her performance Sunday at the Terrace Theater personified a lyricism that was fitting for an instrument whose timbre is so close to that of the human voice." Washington Post, March 2004
"She is a bonafide virtuoso, drawing a wealth of color, drama, and flowing line from her instrument." The New York Times, March 2004
"An artist of instinctive musicality, gifted with absolute mastery of the instrument, Laura Buruiana knows how to totally immerse herself in the score and draw out the profound essence of the music." La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno (Bari, Italy), February 2003
"Carolina Theater, Durham, March 7 : In an attempt to broaden its repertoire, the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, with its conductor, Lorenzo Muti, often dig deep to find seldom-heard works that suit the size of the ensemble. Sunday's concert, devoted to French music, showed why, in spite of great playing, the two works in the first half of the program must have been retrieved from the bottom of the barrel. ... The afternoon's program featured cellist Laura Buruiana performing Camille Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto in a minor, Op. 33. This is an elegant, polished work, one of the most popular cello concertos in the repertoire. Buruiana, a 24-year-old native of Romania, is a winner of the 2003 Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York, and on the basis of her performance here, deservedly so. She demonstrated impressive technique and musicianship to match. Buruiana has probably played this piece a thousand times in practice rooms and several times in concert; the audience has probably heard it just as often on WCPE, but Buruiana's on-stage demeanor said, "This is a piece of music worth paying attention to." Even when she was not playing, she was totally engaged in the music, swaying in rhythm and watching Muti and the other orchestra players intently. Muti and the orchestra accompanied her with great sensitivity to her dynamics and tempi, eliciting a deserved standing ovation. ..." North Carolina, March 2004
"... Expressionistische Glut bei Sommermusik. Gemäß dem Motto gebenden Trakl-Zitat "Feuer, das Dunkles sucht" liegt ein Schwerpunkt der "Saarbrücker Sommermusik 2004" auf dem Expressionismus. Schlaglichtartig beleuchteten Laura Buruiana (Cello) und Martin Tchiba (Klavier) diese bahnbrechende Epoche nun aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln. Eingerahmt wurden expressionistische Noten und ihre Ableger bei dem Konzert am Sonntag im proppenvollen Saarlandmuseum von Romantischem. Sollte doch, wer sich zur Wiege der Moderne wagt, den Umgang mit dem davor liegenden 19. Jahrhundert aus dem Eff-eff beherrschen. Dass das bei ihnen der Fall ist, unterstrichen die ... jungen Interpreten ... gleich bei Robert Schumanns Adagio und Allegro op. 70 - mit weiten, spannungsreichen Gestaltungsbögen, ständigem Pulsieren und natürlichem Fließen. Mit souveränem und sensiblem Miteinander realisiert auch das Sehnen und Wallen von Johannes Brahms' e-moll-Sonate op. 38. Während Anton Weberns Drei kleine Stücke op. 11 mit ihren ultraknappen Gesten mitten ins Herz des Expressionismus führten, tauchte Laura Buruiana mit Paul Hindemiths "Sonate für Violoncello allein" op. 25,3 in die Grenzgewässer zwischen Tonalität und Atonalität: Glutvoll, farbig, mit berückend profundem Cello-Klang. Riesenapplaus. ..." Saarbrücker Zeitung, Kultur, August 2004
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