sheer brilliance, mesmerizing... the opening combination of music and visuals stunning
Los Angeles Times
...(Schubert’s Winterreise ) was brilliantly played by Petric... unbelievably subtle...
Klassik.com Berlin
...a valuable experience was the opening night traversal of Berio’s 14 “Sequenzas”... the individual performances were strong and committed and some proved particularly memorable — among them the Accordion Sequenza by Joseph Petric.
New York Times
…he produced the sort of playing that makes audiences of all sorts sit up and listen… had he been a pianist, he would have won the Leeds Competition years ago.
London Independent
...By his performance, Joseph Petric’s technical elan, and sense of exacerbated Humour underlined the inspired performance of the soloist, which, it goes without saying, created a sensation in the hall...
Québec, Le Soleil
...the premiere of MacDonald’s Winds of Thera by the Penderecki Quartet and accordionist Joseph Petric was a performance of uncommon power and strong appeal....
Ottawa Citizen
…the inspired use of accordion in Winterreise at Wigmore by Joseph Petrič was played with an extraordinary grasp of its ability to sound like 'breath from another planet'...
London, Classical Source
...gently sculpted, responsive works... cawing, cooing, soothing sounds... Oliveros and Petric transform accordions into art...
Toledo Blade
…Christoph Pregardien, Pentaedre and Petric in Normand Forget’s translation of Schubert’s Die Winterreise will surely rank among the best concerts of the season.
Montreal Gazette
...Raw technical prowess... (Erosonic) produces sounds that you would never believe possible demonstrating superb technical control with notes so long it was hard to believe they could be sustained for that length of time by a wind player...
Vancouver, The Georgia Straight
...brilliantly comic and macabre at the same time Petric’s performance of R. Murray Schafer’s la testa d’adriane was superb, an experience which will not soon be forgotten...
Washington Post
(Current’s) concerto is amazing…with ear-splitting climaxes… ebbing away into near complete silence… Petric is an old hand at making contemporary music sing. He has an unusual insight into how to clarify and project detail, as well as a superb sense of rhythmic design.
Halifax Chronicle Herald
...(Petric’s) performance of the Koprowski concerto with the Toronto Symphony was sensational… brilliant
Toronto Globe and Mail
Accordionist Joseph Petric and oboist Normand Forget are an audience's delight… Their nuanced collaboration on trio sonatas by Telemann and J.S. Bach was a subtle seduction — the audience was mesmerized in minutes.
Washington, The Phillips Collection
Congratulations on a truly outstanding concert. It was a wonderful program presented with great artistry and panache…an inspiration for all involved. Bravo! Bravo! Bravissimo!
Nina Draganic, Programing Director
Canadian Opera House
Christos Hatzis’s Stylus is Bach re-imagined, a tour de force of precision ensemble playing and imaginative artistry with Airi Yoshioka (vln), Sharon Wei (vla) and Joseph Petric…
Simon Docking
ScotiaFest
...a glittering exhibit... Petric is more than a virtuoso… he turned the Mozetich every way but loose...
Chicago Tribune
...astonishing bravura... one wants to hear Valkare’s Accordion Concerto again...
Musical Opinion London
…graceful, cool, refreshing playing… his Mozart was liquid and flowing… the Hatzis dramatic and satisfying. His effortless technique and interpretive dimensions masterfully transported a near full house.
Maribor Vecer
Slovenija
…some musicians reveal mysteries and some musicians reveal the depth of mysteries. Erosonic is in the latter group… music of uncommon depth… coming from some other place yet to be explored.
The Hour / Boston
so refined... that the accordion sounded like a completely different instrument in nearly every piece... the accordion was a revelation...
Fredericton Gleaner
Petric tells stories that impart an incomparable feeling ...one of the most hauntingly beautiful albums I’ve heard in years.
A&A USA
...Petric’s music (reminds one) ... of Steve Reich’s innovative, minimalistic work… a cinematic feel, a complex pronouncement of music without words...
GreatDarkWonder CAD
dizzying... eleborate… riveting… an absorbing and impressively played recital.
Gramophone, London
...a volcanic brew… molten fire and glowing... (Erosonic’s) astonishing musical resourcefulness, was a feast of energetic sonority for the ears...
Halifax Sunday Herald
...the sheer beauty of sound is magnificent, the performance by Petric is so rhythmically calibrated, is stunning...
Fanfare USA
...I must say you really bring a wonderful freshness to these (Haydn) sonatas, not to mention how fantastically you translated them to the accordion.
Marc André Hamelin
Joseph Petric plays Christos Hatzis’s great Orbiting Garden as a sound explosion with impeccable control and florid musical rock star lines. This is a powerhouse performance on a disc to be heard time and again.
Wholenote
...a shimmering dance of eccentric luminous vehicles, magically expressed by Petric...
PANM360 QC
Read full review here
...Petric offers irridescent virtuosity and sensitivity — gorgeous, uncompromising, and daring...
RoundUp-Outside Left USA
the (Koprowski) concerto has ...consistent emotional power.... gripping, full of virtuoso demands…(Petric) plays with persuasiveness, this album is not to be missed.
American Record Guide
...innovative, compelling, and persuasive… Canadian accordion master Joseph stalks the electro-acoustic territory of art music with a sense of the astute and abstract...
Elsewhere NZ
...the tracks illuminate Petric’s unparalleled talent.
TakeEffect UK
...the pure and unadulterated possibility of the accordion is impressive...
HumpDay News USA
...the expressiveness of the accordion invokes a magma of beauty...
Sonogram Catalan
Petric’s inspired readings of Haydn are to the manner born, an intimacy enhances his assured performance…
Ron Schepper
Textura
…Bach with accordion and oboe is undeniably enticing… I swear I heard organ, brass, strings, the performance unconventional, challenging, refreshing and successful.
Wholenote
…astonishing colours… charming vibrato… the shimmering timbre of the solo accordion integrates legitimately with the works of J.S. Bach and CPE Bach. Petric’s playing is brilliant, irrepressible and liberating in Its rigour and fantasy.
Cyber Reporter
Montreal
The accordion did not even exist when Padre Antonio Soler y Ramos died in 1783... so skilled is the Canadian virtuoso as performer and arranger and so closely does the music fit the range and timbre of the concert accordion that this album makes a worthwhile musical statement in its own right.
William Littler
Toronto Star