REVIEWS
"Houston Symphony conductor laureate Christoph Eschenbach has introduced the city to several young musicians with exceptional promise. The latest -- Irish pianist Finghin Collins -- is one of the best. His American debut Saturday at Jones Hall was a revelation. Just 23, Collins played with the poise, musicality and sensitivity of a much more seasoned soloist."
Charles Ward, Houston Chronicle, November 2000
"Finghin Collins ...presented a fabulous and redoubtable programme full of challenges. Nothing seemed to faze the valiant musician! ...He captured the depth of the passion and brought the listener to the summits of emotion."
Jean Cossetto, La Presse October 2000
"The interpretation of Beethoven's Sonata Op. 110 was overwhelming, cleverly combining the rise to extremes with the intensity of the whole and doing full justice to the expression of restrained and painful feelings."
Der Bund October 2000
"With the enthusiastic support of Alexander Anissimov, Collins delivered a performance of considerable authority and virtuosity. The first-movement cadenza.....was dispatched with a splendid elan, while the beautifully poised slow movement caught the dreamy romanticism without ever becoming schmaltzy..."
Ian Fox, The Sunday Tribune October 2000
"I don't think I've heard a more consistently dazzling display from Collins either in concerto or recital."
Michael Dervan, The Irish Times September 2000
"...Finghin Collins demonstrating a riveting command of Liszt's rarely heard but superb second piano concerto..."
Ian Fox, The Sunday Tribune March 2000
"Collins exhibited a high measure of professionalism and artistic maturity."
Stuttgarter Zeitung February 2000
"...this failed to inhibit the fluency of soloist Finghin Collins (already with an impressive Symphony Hall debut under his belt), his technical security allied to a positive sense of direction, with a good ear for detail along the way"
Christopher Morley, The Birmingham Post January 2000
