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WITH COMPELLING POWER….Birgitta Wollenweber in Rheingau Musik Festival set interpretative and technical standards, which will not be easily reached- hithero it has been the most convincing of all recitals. Fascinating through the performance itself…with ferocious lust she is ploughing through the keyboard….at the same time understanding and wondering…the noticeable intention to impart to the audience something tantalising, harmonious.
…deliberately provided developments with well-measured reserves, which allow climaxes to emerge at the appropriate points.
The listener is electrified, literally absorbed by the performance, which clearly and beautiful shows to its advantage, is more aimed at colours than at effects and intuitively impresses through its authenticity.
Wolf-Eberhard von Lewinski (Musikjournalist), Wiesbadener Tagblatt

B.W. and “Israel Sinfonietta” in Old Opera….Her invulnerable playing technique very much played to the brilliant flavour—Mendelssohn’s g-minor concerto was literally in safe hands.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Birgitta Wollenweber in Herkules hall..she played with adequate grasp, with classical brilliance and romantic emphasis.
Münchener Tageszeitung

That the Chopin studies op.10 never got to a technical exercise…musically invariable anew recollecting elegance as well as transparency
Frankfurter Rundschau

.….in an hour of adorable piano playing, one got to know a pianist of the same calibre as Martha Argerich. Uncompromising, courageoues, enormously versatile, technically absolutely confident, interpreting in larger contexts ans wir´th the energy for an arrangement that encompasses the opus.
Reutlinger Generalanzeiger

.. Wollenweber empathized with her pieces, she almost internalised the notes and elicited fragile and soft sounds from the grand piano.’
Reutlinger Generalanzeiger

….. The reputation of virtuosity preceding her, was quickly confirmed…Schubert’s Impromptus flew out of her hands with little movements and fine details. ….than songtranscriptiones….an intellegent choice for program.
Westfälische Nachrichten

…. Liszt-transcription of Beethoven’s 5th symphonie ….again she demonstrated that she is a pianist with unusually distinctive creative abilities. Her interpretations had an overwhelming impact.
Bonner Generalanzeiger

…Schostakovitch’s pianoconcerto No.2.. …the ideal soloist…let the music flow with playfulness and joy of life.
Bonner General-Anzeiger

..only few artists can captivate the listeners from the beginning. Birgitta Wollenwebr is one of them….from courage and energetic appearance remaining to Martha Argerich….a great concert..
Bonner Rundschau

..impressive interpretations…a concert at its best.
Westfalenpost

…Joh.Seb.Bach …technically and musical with sovereignty. … Janacek…an interpretation that made it difficult for the audience to leave the pianist.
Westdeutsche Zeitung

…Sensible pianist fascinated. …Pianoconcerto KV 271 by Mozart. ……Performance with wide-ranging excitement….Her high touch, deep and sensitive penetration of the work, and very lively, engaging playing left a strong impression.
Ruhr-Nachrichten

..Saint-Saens’ pianoconcerto No.4… Rarely played, it was a small discovery, in which Birgitta Wollenweber, almost an equal, had a great part…
Thüringer Allgemeine

….Beethoven’s pianoconerto G-major…. B.W. as an outstanding soloist… powerful without coarseness, lyrically gentle without cloying romanticism…. she moved with intuitive certainty . Admirable the nuance-rich touch, the crystal-clear runs, the musical-poetic design, the cheerful relaxation and naturalness of the playing in the Rondo. All this made the interpretation an unforgettable experience.
Wangener Zeitung

……with this interpretation, the pianist gave a promise: for an exploration of contrasts, for a detachment from the familiar, for the courage to be unfamiliar….When it gets quiet and slow, Wollenweber conveys a slow-motion intensifying sense of time. Passages dulled to a harmless amiability finally become divine again.
Die Woche, Regensburg

…personal, idiosyncratic somtimes and unusual, but always carried by a sense of style and expressiveness.
Mannheimer Morgen

Fesseling until the end….you have to go very far up the list of great names to hear Ravel played as he was on this evening.
Rheinische Post

……..just as B.W.’s pianistic self-understanding opened up from Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes, her piano playing takes us to a dimension that many other pianists lack : the final commitment.
Rheinische Post

…With competence and taste… Already in the season before she left an exquisite impression. …that listening was a pure pleasure…. a highly interesting and artistically satisfying evening.
Westdeutsche Zeitung

Interpretation with an alert sense for form and contrast…..The pianist enthused, because her piano playing was characterized by imaginative liveliness, expression and variability…. faboulous technique, sensible listening….The way she made the melodies breathe, the subtle weighting of the harmonies, showed her pianistic mastery.
Westfälische Allgemeine Zeitung

…Abundance of expression and virtuosic precision give a pleasure of listening to her playing.
Rhein-Sieg-Anzeiger

……richness of poetic nuances…… emotion, precision and awareness become a harmonic conclusion.
Schwäbische Zeitung