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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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