in the Press
‘The world of baroque music is a volatile, action-packed place, rife with subversive ideas and hard-driving players… one of the best groups is REBEL, whose playing— fiery, alive and beautifully controlled— made the evening.”
-THE WASHINGTON POST
“a state of the art early music ensemble”
-THE BOSTON GLOBE
"imagination and intensity"
-STAR TRIBUNE, St. Paul
“astonishingly vital music-making”
-THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
“splendid, intelligent artistry”
-KALAMAZOO GAZETTE
“effortless, self-assured, gripping playing”
-TOCCATA MAGAZINE, Germany
“flawless performance…brilliant virtuosity…mesmerizing”
-SCHENECTADY GAZETTE
“exuberant panache and jaw-dropping virtuosity”
-KANSAS CITY STAR
“a vigorous interchange of ideas taking place in a tightly-synchronized ensemble”
-SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE
“svelte and vibrant”
-HOUSTON CHRONICLE
“breathtakingly expressive... a feast for the ear”
-DE TUBANTIA (Enschede, The Netherlands)
“[REBEL’s] distinctive, very active approach to this music was readily apparent... this flamboyant, interventionist style emboldened all the music on the program with accent and color. Add utterly fearless, risk-everything playing to the mix... and you get astonishingly vital music-making”
-THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
A 20-Year-Old Unapologetically Playing as if It Were 300
By PHILLIP LUTZ The New York Times JAN. 21, 2011
Saint Paul Sunday: REBEL Performance
Performing Mozart and Telemann