WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING
Excerpts from reviews of Richard Festinger's music.


"...like a multi-stage rocket that, ignoring gravity,
traverses the earth's atmosphere. Bravo!"
- Twentieth Century Music

"...riveting...exhilarating..."
- The Los Angeles Times

"...a panorama of moods, styles, shapes, figurations..."
- Piano and Keyboard Journal

"...deft and pretty..."
- The New York Times

"...simply breathtaking..."
- 20th Century Music

"...silvery streamers with multicolored
fog and dancing, rhythmic juice..."
- Los Angeles Times

"This is music that sparkles..."
- MLA Notes

"...colorful, closely argued, dramatic and interesting."
- Boston Globe

"...engages the ear with a taut, athletic lyricism"
- Twentieth Century Music

"...veered from rambunctious to contemplative."
- New York Times

"...a musical garland."
- Los Angeles Times

"...beauty of design and superb craftsmanship..."
- The Montclarion

"Festinger's music, like a Mark Rothko painting, is
beautiful... and discovering what's beneath makes it rewarding."
- Classical Voice of North Carolina


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