What the Critics are saying about Vento Chiaro:
“The unusual textures and unfamiliar repertoire came in a relatively short program that was delightful to hear and see. The interplay among the musicians was stellar… In five mostly scurrying movements (Irving Fine’s Partita), each musician played with admirable tone quality and intonation…”
Joshua Hawkins Nannestad
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2 June 2015
Read Vento Chiaro Proves its Staying Power, written during our 2009 residency at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and published in the Boston Globe on July 26, 2009.
On May 6, 2008, Vento Chiaro was featured in a live WGBH on-air interview with Cathy Fuller as Host. To hear a recording, click here.
“… faultless ensemble and intonation… Vento Chiaro easily outclasses most wind quintets that have greater seniority and more recordings to their credit . ”
Richard A. Kaplan
Fanfare Magazine
25 January 2009
“They’re very engaging and a lot of what they’re after in terms of personality is the opposite of being staid and passive.”
Catherine Fahy quoting Robert Merfeld
The Inquirer and Mirror (Nantucket, MA)
9 December 2004
“Spotless finger work, sensitive linear phrasing, crisp accents and a thoughtfully blended tone quality that never obscured main melodies contributed to an ideal listening experience.”
“…gave exposed passages with assurance and sensitivity.”
“This woodwind quintet paid scrupulous heed to clean ensemble playing. Not a musical hair was mussed during the entire program.”
David Cleary
The Enterprise (Brockton, MA)
20 September 2004
“… the day of the woodwind quintet may be dawning…They played with muscular thrust and individualized character in Nielsen’s Quintet, Opus 43, a piece that rewards assertive solo thinking.”
John Henken
The Los Angeles Times
2 May 2000