Special interview at the NRC Netherlands:
Igor Gruppman plays his last concerts with the Rotterdam Philharmonic on April 23, 2023. The prestigious media NRC made a special interview to the concertmaster about his almost 20 years leading the Rotterdam Philhamonic.
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"With his tenderly expressive playing, he consistently maintains tension through the improvisatory passages of this tricky piece [Rêverie et caprice. Berlioz], gloriously rich and true of tone in every register with playing full of fantasy: I hope we hear much more of him."
Read full review.— Grammophone
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“Command of the baton. Elegant musicianship, powerful music making.”
— Korean Daily
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“Maestro Gruppman brought high intensity and powerful emotion from the Mariinsky Stradivari Orchestra in their rendition of Strauss’ Metamorphosen. Mariinsky strings played as if their lives depended on it.”
— St. Petersburg Times
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“An artist of vibrant instinct and disarmingly natural musicianship.”
— Classical disCDigest
