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Press Reviews "For those who thought the Golden Age of pianism was dead, Fiorentino's opening gala recital was a revelation. By some magic, he makes every note of every chord radiate with color and meaning. He exploits every nuance and shading, not only in tone but in rhythm and musical structure. He's the kind of artist whose stamp is very personal and individual but who never batters the music with willful or indulgent exaggeration."- Richard Dyer - "With the opening Bach Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, as transcribed by Ferruccio Busoni, it was clear that here was a pianist deserving of a noun that has become as forgotten as he was: grandeur. It was the grandeur of a Piranesi, not a Tintoretto." - Charles Michener - "In person, this small, elegant, dignified man makes the playing seem even more remarkable. Effortlessly and stone-faced, he produces overpowering tone of enormous -- one might even say moral -- authority. His technique is phenomenal. It's hard to escape the term "Golden Age", because few people -- perhaps no one else -- alive today have this particular lost combination of the heroic and the exquisite." - Lloyd Schwartz - "Best performance: Sergio Fiorentino, in March at Lincoln Center. The 70-ish Italian pianist returned to performing after years of obscurity, precipitating widespread religious experiences. His tone quality radiated something indescribably exalted, captured only occasionally by his recordings. Sadly, he died in August." - Patrick David Stearns -

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