- ROBERT BAXTER- THE COURIER POST, NOVEMBER 18, 2002.
- ERIC HERR- THE CENTRAL RECORD, NOVEMBER 20, 2002.
- PAUL SOMERS-CLASSICAL NEW JERSEY NOVEMBER 22, 2000.
- ROBERT BAXTER - THE COURIER-POST, MARCH 22, 1999.
- CARL A. WINTER-THE COURIER POST, MARCH 26, 1999.
- SONIA LEWIS - CLASSICAL NEW JERSEY DECEMBER 30, 1998.
- THE STRAD MAGAZINE, AUGUST 1998.
- THE BOSTON GLOBE, APRIL 10, 1997.
- KEN SMITH - NEW YORK CONCERT REVIEW, NOVEMBER 11, 1997.
- RON EMERY - THE TIMES UNION, FEBRUARY 2, 1997.
- RON EMERY - THE TIMES UNION, NOVEMBER 29, 1995
- CHARLES NEIDICH, WORLD RENOWNED CLARINET SOLOIST
ARTIST FACULTY: THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC, MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, YALE UNIVERSITY
- JENS NYGAARD, CONDUCTOR -THE JUPITER SYMPHONY
- DANIEL CARL HEGE, MUSIC DIRECTORA- THE SYRACUSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR-THE BALTIMORE SYMPHONY
- RUTH LAREDO, CONCERT PIANIST
- ALAN GILBERT, MUSIC DIRECTOR- THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC (STOCKHOLM)
ROBERT BAXTER- THE COURIER POST, NOVEMBER 18, 2002.
"Soloist Ilian Iliev played the clarinet part as if possessed by the music. Soaring through the virtuoso passages with abandon, he summoned a wealth of tone color from his instrument. This difficult score was received with warm applause by the audience."
ERIC HERR- THE CENTRAL RECORD, NOVEMBER 20, 2002.
"Iliev has distinguished himself both the national and international stage. While in town, Iliev was featured in an hour-long interview on "Crossover", the day of the concert, on radio station WRTI-90.1 FM. As the name implies, the weekly program, with host Jill Pasternak, features interesting aspects of the classical and jazz scenes and everywhere in between."
PAUL SOMERS-CLASSICAL NEW JERSEY NOVEMBER 22, 2000.
"…the Verdi Forza Overture was also big and bold. Ilian Iliev's clarinet solo was excellent…"
ROBERT BAXTER - THE COURIER-POST, MARCH 22, 1999.
"Hege and his musicians exploited the nocturnal beauty in The Pines of the Janiculum. They achieved some exquisite effects - none more beautiful than Ilian Iliev's loving account of the clarinet solo."
CARL A. WINTER-THE COURIER POST, MARCH 26, 1999.
"…clarinetist Ilian Iliev brought down the house with a folk tune from his native Bulgaria."
SONIA LEWIS - CLASSICAL NEW JERSEY DECEMBER 30, 1998.
"Clarinetist Ilian Iliev began the second half of the program with Rossini's Introduction, Theme and Variations for clarinet and orchestra. This was another masterful accomplishment. Mr. Iliev handled his instrument dexterously with sweetness, tenderness, and fluency. His tones were full, rich and luminous from the highest to the lower over the entire range."
THE STRAD MAGAZINE, AUGUST 1998.
"the balances were ideal and, most important, the rich procession of musical events unfolded with never a false step"
THE BOSTON GLOBE, APRIL 10, 1997.
"…Ilian Iliev is an excellent young clarinetist of Bulgarian origin."
KEN SMITH - NEW YORK CONCERT REVIEW, NOVEMBER 11, 1997.
"The opening work was by far the most substantial (Weber's Concerto No.2 for Clarinet and Orchestra). Iliev displayed some fine fingerwork and tone that was fluidly consistent though the range of his instrument."
RON EMERY - THE TIMES UNION, FEBRUARY 2, 1997.
"Clarinetist Ilian Iliev, a brilliant Bulgarian musician now studying at Juilliard, gave an immensely satisfying performance of Schubert's Shepherd on the Rock…"
"The arrangement of the violin sonata in D-major for clarinet and piano was one of the highlights of a full evening of music by a single composer…"
"Iliev is a fabulous clarinet player. He gave a stupendous, spontaneous performance, full of verve and breathless artistry."
RON EMERY - THE TIMES UNION, NOVEMBER 29, 1995.
"Iliev proved an impish clarinetist with a formidable technique and real sense of adventure in the repertoire he chose ...Iliev caught just the right sense of virtuoso abandonment - a stunning performance with Iliev's own cadenza that reached into the high stratosphere for its dazzling effects. Conventionally virtuosic, the piece was saved from academic anemia by Iliev's splendid performance. Iliev's remarkably full, yet never fulsome tone was gorgeously consistent throughout. He phrased with immaculate ease, making it abundantly clear that instruments were made to imitate the human voice."
CHARLES NEIDICH, WORLD RENOWNED CLARINET SOLOIST
ARTIST FACULTY: THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC, MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, YALE UNIVERSITY
"Ilian is an excellent clarinetist with outstanding technique and a beautifully expressive musicality. Because of the high regard in which his fellow musicians hold him, he is in constant demand as a performer. He has my highest respect."
JENS NYGAARD, CONDUCTOR -THE JUPITER SYMPHONY
"Ilian Iliev is, without any doubt, one of the finest clarinetists in the world. Always, his interpretations are exciting and inspirational. What a wonderful personality he has on stage! He is a joy to work with. True greatness is rare. Mr. Iliev possesses it abundantly."
DANIEL CARL HEGE, MUSIC DIRECTOR - THE SYRACUSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR-THE BALTIMORE SYMPHONY
"Ilian Iliev is one of the top three or four most brilliant clarinetists I have ever heard. The first time 1 heard Mr. lliev; I was absolutely mesmerized and overwhelmed at his unbelievable technical abilities. He seems to possess an almost unlimited arsenal of tonal colors - that he can bring to his playing that subtly and sometimes overtly shade the music in such a way that puts him in the top ranks of all clarinetists. He has musical gifts that are without question, among the very best this world has to offer."
RUTH LAREDO, CONCERT PIANIST
"Ilian Iliev is a wonderful clarinet virtuoso of extraordinary talent. I have performed in concerts with him and consider him to be one of the most gifted musical talents 1 have ever encountered, and an outstanding artist who has a wonderful future ahead of him."
ALAN GILBERT, MUSIC DIRECTOR- THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC (STOCKHOLM)
"His musicianship and professionalism are among the highest I have encountered. Mr. Iliev is already one of the most sought after clarinetists in this country (USA)."
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