Testimonials

Testimonials

Read the praise from renowned publications and respected figures in the music world, highlighting Saleem Ashkar’s exceptional artistry and performances.

He captures just the right balance of clarity, swiftness of attack, poetry and élan: every note shines with sun-reflecting clarity as the finales whirl along.
BBC Music Magazine
Ashkar’s is an art that disguises art and his performances are among the finest in the catalogue.
Bryce Morrison, Gramophone Magazine
His interpretations seem to reflect an almost spiritual connection to the music itself.
Marcus Stabler, Hamburger Abendblatt
Saleem Ashkar had a perfect mix of vibrant youthful energy and sophisticated maturity in this performance.
Hans Bünte, Saarbrucker Zeitung
Saleem Ashkar played with muscularity, subtlety and grace in an excellent performance of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto No. 5.
Garth Wilshere, Capital Times
A formidable musician…who has a mixture of warmth and clarity, intensity and freshness that simply grabs you: Pure Beethoven-joy.
Die Welt
The formidable pianist formed the work's lyric-earnest mood balancing the expressions of doubtful thoughtfulness and virtuosic abandon with playfulness and beauty of sound.
Matthias Nöther, Berliner Morgenpost

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