Press Reviews
Language Selection: English French
A sampling of French delicacies...Zinck is a bold, expressive, commanding
player. He moves comfortably and convincingly from style to style...
impassioned playing, unfailing energy and direction of line."
-The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"
Ardent account and rich playing winning brio and bravura... Throughout the
program, Zinck played with strong technique - the timbre he got from the
lower strings
was particularly eloquent - and he phrased with sensitivity."
- The Washington Post
"
Effects are met with such effective, affecting fluency in lyric warmth. Immediately
captured in a spacious aural frames, the sound strikes an ideal balance.
In sum, singing, sensuous, sumptuous, shimmering, and glowingly recommended."
- Fanfare
"
Zinck has a round and opulent tone, a vibrato bringing moments of sheer ecstasy...
impeccable accuracy of pitch and acrobatics gorgeously captured."
- The Strad Magazine
"
...Excellent French style...Eloquent, dynamic and sensual playing."
- Asahi Tokyo Newspaper
"
Zinck is an excellent player, his technique fully equals the formidable demands
of the music. Pure, sweet, expressive tone brings poetry and lyricism. Highly
talented and accomplished violinist playing with brilliance and idiomatic feeling."
- Strings Magazine
"
High on the list of essential recordings...absolutely captures the mysterious
and otherworldly atmosphere of the Mythes."
- High Fidelity Magazine
"
...Zinck produced vivid excitement, played with wit and technical assuredness,
displaying a mix of sensitivity and bravura...Cesar Franck's famous Sonata in
A emerged with passion served up by flawless playing..."
- Classical New Jersey
"
Prestigious concert: shimmering and throbbing lyricism of Ysaye Sonata no. 3,
a pure, sensitive and crystal-clear Bach...Sovereign violin of Mr. Zinck with
a round and pure tone."
- Centre Presse
"
From a purely technical standpoint, Zinck was superb. His playing had plenty
of fire and he sometimes refined his tone to a whisper. His playing was for the
audience as well as for himself, for the soul as much as for the ears..."
- The Santa Fe New Mexican
"
The program displayed Zinck's refined virtuosity and a unity of ensemble that
epitomizes the best chamber music."
- The Albuquerque Journal
"
I have never heard Bach's Chaconne for solo violin so perfectly performed.
Zinck played with sensitivity and expressiveness.
- Washington Journal
"
...Bernard Zinck created a duo with unusual power to move listeners into a higher
dimension of feelings..."
- Musical Movement (Ruch Muzyczny)
"
A scintillating violinist, exceptionally gifted with a string of impressive performances
to his credit...Plays with virtuosity, energy and panache...Dazzling performance,
sensitive and deeply moving."
- Le Figaro
"
Zinck displayed stunning skill and breathtaking virtuosity, and revealed a sensitive
and richly expressive temperament."
- Le Courrier Français
"
Extraordinary concert...splendid rendition of the Haydn Concerto in G Major...standing
ovation for this prestigious concert"
- El Diario, Chihuahua
" Bach's violin partitas are a Mount Everest for violinists, the challenges, technically and artistically, formidable. Subtly mining the gentle virtues of his beautiful baroque violin, Zinck turned Bach's writing into an intimate communication. He sought the music's inner life with quiet virtuosity and sustained grace. It was an elegant interpretation, the luminous product of a refined sensibility."
An
early Haydn violin concerto further confirmed the expanded expressiveness
of Zinck's playing, this time on a modern violin. His communication was
generous and warm as he deftly brought out the pleasures of Haydn's writing."
- Albuquerque Journal