Dana Andreea Nigrim

Pianist

Press Excerpts - en Français - în Româna


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La Presse:

Grieg's Concerto requires agile fingers and great sound power. Dana Nigrim possesses all these, besides a beautiful musicality.

  • Claude Gingras
  • The Ottawa Citizen:

    Dana Nigrim is an accomplished technician and a musician capable of real poetic feeling.
  • Richard Todd

  • To succeed playing Chopin does not require only 'a technique'; maybe more than for the performance of any other composer's works, the pianist must, in a manner , give way emotion, letting the technique hidden 'beneath' the keyboard, a bit as the fertilizer hidden in the earth of a splendid environmental development. The pianists who move by playing Chopin are those who seem to breath it when playing it. The soloist invited by OSTR for the concert of November 13th 2010 rendered with dignity this delicate, highly-strung, sensibility, this emotion at the same time shy and vivid that differentiates a superficial and mechanical virtuosity from a true artistic performance, which rather touches and makes use of the senses more. The technical challenge inherent of the concerto content was brilliantly taken up by the pianist of Romanian origin, especially in the third part where the unbridled running of fingers on the keyboard gives the impression of a fireworks of notes.

  • Marie-Josée Montminy - Le Nouvelliste
  • Musica Journal:

    Dana Nigrim attracts attention by the thoughtfulness of her interpretation, the consistency of the expression, the stylistic authenticity, and a deep artistic sensibility. She is able to communicate the richness of the nuances, to dramatize and proves her taste for the vast, resonant spaces of sound. One can say the art of interpretation of this pianist possesses the attributes of the creation, validated above all by the thought of a genuine performer.

    Musica Journal:

    Dana Nigrim, a remarquable presence, can be defined by the sobriety of her interpretation, rigor and ardor at the same time, infinite richness of tone quality, dramatic sense and extent of the conception.

    Astra Journal:

    Dana Nigrim catches the attention by the nobleness of her expression and by the firmly controlled sound of the instrument. She's a pianist of an unquestionable artistic sensibility.

    Flacara Journal:

    Dana Nigrim performed the first piano concerto of Chopin: with her profound sensibility, possessing a strong technique, she conferred brilliance and a vivid emotion to this work written by the poet of the piano. For her, Chopin represents a predilection that lets us applaud an authentic art.

    Drum Nou Journal:

    Dana Nigrim is successful in realizing the most secret potentialities of the musical sound, from the ineffable and intimate detail to the brilliant sound; musical feeling and not sentimental music.

    Yuli Turovsky:

    Dana Nigrim's musical personality is made of consistent thoughtfulness, depth, solid integrity, and at the same time, poetic quality and exuberance of interpretation. The sounds she produces, each perfectly crafted and rich in texture, are beautifully regulated, and fully at the service of a carefully sculpted phrasing. When listening to her playing, one can appreciate her naturalness and the way she makes every musical element sing in a strong union, and creating the impression of extreme clarity. Her performing ability combines marvelous articulation, clear sense of direction, dramatic subtlety and vibrant intensity, balancing totality and detail as a true tasteful and intelligent musician.

    Dujka Smoje:

    Ms. Nigrim is an outstanding pianist with a tremendous technical facility, the taste for the large space of sound and the subtle sense of detail. Her interpretation finds the balance between the sobriety and a passionate approach to piano, showing deep musical emotion, without any sentimental concession. She has a strong presence on stage, brilliance and dramatic sense, but she is equally at home in the vocal accompanying and coaching.

    Stefano Algieri:

    Dana Nigrim is one of the finest pianists and coaches that I have the pleasure to know in the professional and academic world. She is both an outstanding solo pianist and a first-rate collaborative pianist and musician. She is an excellent sight-reader, highly skilled with languages, a dedicated teacher, extremely professional and highly respected by Staff and Students alike.

    Sylvan Sanford:

    Dana plays with great strength and exquisite phrasing. Her sound can be orchestral or intimate and the phrasing is beautiful and, like the best pianists, brave and forthright. She has a great understanding of the repertoire in general and the operatic repertoire in particular. Her grasp of the nineteenth century bel canto repertoire is especially penetrating, stylistically and musically. Her languages are exemplary and her knowledge of operatic performance practice is profound. She is an extremely exciting artist.

    William Neill:

    Ms. Nigrim is an excellent pianist who plays with authority and confidence and who exhibits tremendous facility, sense of style, musicality and temperament. Her solo playing is outstanding, and her vocal accompanying and sight-reading skills are remarkable. Because of her sophisticated European cultural background, her knowledge of languages and personal fascination with vocal repertoire, she has proved to be not only a fabulous accompanist but also a very fine vocal coach.

    Dixie Ross Neill:

    Ms. Nigrim has formidable technical skill, a complete piano technique, she is also a master of languages and style, and fully cognizant of every aspect of singing and vocal art.

    Edith Della Pergola - links: 1, 2, 3

    Dana Nigrim is a remarkable performer with exceptional artistic qualities. In her play as a soloist she proves an accomplished technician and demonstrates pianists virtuosity and rigor, being able of intense both dramatic and lyric interpretations. The subtle differentiations in her playing are exquisite due to her controlled sound and knowledge of piano possibilities. Her musicianship combines sensitivity, intelligence, and stylistic authenticity, being guided by a sure intuition and a poetic imagination.

    Virginia Zeani - links: 1, 2, 3

    Ms. Nigrim is an excellent pianist who plays with authority and confidence and who exhibits tremendous facility, sense of style, musicality and temperament. Her solo playing is outstanding, and her vocal accompanying and sight-reading skills are remarkable. Because of her sophisticated European cultural background, her knowledge of languages and personal fascination with vocal repertoire, she has proved to be not only a fabulous accompanist but also a very fine vocal coach.

    Therese Sevadjian:

    Dana Nigrim is an extremely talented and artistically superior pianist. She not only possesses a vast knowledge of both operatic and art song repertoire, but also of style and of many languages. Her experience as a solo pianist is extremely advantageous when it comes to working as a collaborative pianist. She possesses the qualities and sensitivities of a soloist in her numerous and varying collaborations with singers. Dana is an exceptional sight-reader, and her facility with the wide-ranging styles of the vocal repertoire is second to none.

    Ron Atkey:

    Given her demonstrated musicality as a performer, accompanists and voice coach, Ms. Nigrim would bring to any commercial recording project a broad range of talents. She combines a demure physical presence with obvious artistic talent inherited from her musical tradition, her classical training in Romania and France, and her broad range of musical activities in Montreal. In a commercial world where the production of financially successful classical recordings is a rarity, she appears to have that rare combination of talent which any executive producer would welcome.