Reviews
 “Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel’s
Saturday night Masterworks program, attended by German
consular officials as the GSO’s special guests, was double
focused for double pleasure. It celebrated the
200th anniversary of German composer Felix Mendelssohn’s
birth with his third symphony, the “Scottish,” and
introduced to the GSO audience a fiery Italian cellist,
Umberto Clerici, with talent to spare. (…)Tchivzhel, always
a supportive conductor, kept careful balance between the
orchestra and the soloist, making sure the cello never had
to struggle to be heard.”
"Tchivzhel made a smashing impression with the Tchaikovsky...whipped up such striking climaxes, that the last crashing chord was greeted with well-earned "bravos" from the audience" |
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| The Indianapolis News |
"The flamboyant Tchivzhel launched Rimsky-Korsakov's Tsar Sultan Suite with a whirl of his baton and we were off on the composer's fantastical saga...With a palette that was bewitchingly bright, Tchivzhel built quite a ceremony around the hero's departure, set the second movement beautifully atop the ocean waves and ensured that the Finale sparked and sparkled, with some admirable woodwind playing...Stravinsky's Firebird fluttered and flashed, the Princesses danced to clear-chiseled textures while the Sorcerer, Kashchei, burst upon us like some infernal whirlwind."
New Zealand Herald
| "...a commanding figure and a powerhouse of energy, combined imperious gestures with fluid, poetic hand movements to elicit sharp attacks and precisely concerted phrasing from 140 superb instrumentalists…" | |
| Sarasota Herald Tribune |
"Tchivzhel led the orchestra through the most exciting performance Mozart Festival-goers have seen yet. ...Tchivzhel seemed to sculpture the music from the very air... It was a high-octave performance…"
Northwest Herald
"Tchivzhel's Haydn had not only great stylistic integrity, his interpretation also fully displayed that special blend of strict discipline and exploding effervescence required of a good Haydn performance."
Berkshire Record
"Tchivzhel at times conducted like a Norse thunder god shaping the very elements of nature."
The Grand Rapids Press
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