REVIEWS
"At the piano, Finghin Collins showed gifted technique and musicianship...."
Daniel Ginsburg, The Washington Post, December 20th 2007
"The occasion provided an extra pleasure in bringing together three of Ireland's finest musicians from the one generation: violinist Catherine Leonard, clarinetist Carol McGonnell and pianist Finghin Collins. Together with cellist Guy Johnston they gave alert, lively and spiritually-charged performances of both the Wilson and then Messiaen's heaven-gazing musical escape route from his POW camp in 1941, the Quartet for the End of Time."
Michael Dungan, The Irish Times, October 6th 2007
"But the Irishman Finghin Collins stole the show [Nuit des Révélations at La Roque d'Anthéron], remarkable in Schumann (Kinderszenen and Arabeske) and a wonderfully refined Schubert (superb Sonata No. 23)...."
Philippe Gut, L'Humanité, August 27th 2007
"Music that was originally written for the Baroque keyboard [Handel Suite no. 5] came alive in a light and bright atmosphere created by Finghin Collins. His lucid touch was flexible and spoke very clearly...His performance of Schumann's Faschingsschwank aus Wien brought the composer's contrasting extrovert and intimate sides to life with his temperate touch and sense of stability.. Overall, Finghin Collins’ performance impressed with its authenticity and stability, and as expected from an artist who recently released a Schumann album, his Schumann was particularly convincing. His intelligent and unforced sense of timing was allied to a masterful control of tone..."
Piano Magazine, Seoul, South Korea, June 2007
"But soloist Finghin Collins struck a more independent path, relishing the expressive yield of delicacy and refinement in Mozart [Piano Concerto K. 491], and steadfastly eschewing the sub-Beethoven effects of the orchestral playing. The juicy cadenzas he chose by Paul Badura-Skoda allowed him plenty of scope to let his hair down."
Michael Dervan, The Irish Times, March 5th 2007
