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"The conductor Valentin Uryupin proves that thoughtfulness leads to more accurate insights when listening"

— Frankfurter Allgemeine
  • The Washington Post
    “…Music making was of a very high calibre”
  • Tagespiegel
    “Valentin Uryupin conducts as if he knows exactly what he wants”
  • Frankfurter Allgemeine
    “In the course of the first movement, it becomes clear how skillfully Uryupin plays with agogics and dynamics.”
  • Frankfurter Allgemeine
    “The conductor Valentin Uryupin proves that thoughtfulness leads to more accurate insights when listening.”
  • Der Standart
    "…Valentin Uryupin’s highly energetic, super-precise and sensitive conducting is impressive in every respect. With the help of the enthusiastic Vienna Symphony, he brings to life the magnificent, seductive Verismo soundscapes of Giordano…"
  • Salzburger Nachrichten
    "…great and at the same time wildly and sensitively acting conductor Valentin Uryupin is at the podium of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra…"
  • Wiener Zeitung
    "…It is also praiseworthy that conductor Valentin Uryupin together with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra creates intensive, seamless soundscapes…"
  • Südkurier
    "…really great things come out of the orchestra pit: Valentin Uryupin plunges into the score with enthusiasm and lets the Vienna Symphony Orchestra rise above itself…"
  • Stuttgarter Zeitung
    "…With taste and overview Valentin Uryupin leads the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the busy, excellent Prague Philharmonic Choir through the music…"
  • Frankfurter Allgemeine
    "…Uryupin leads the agile playing of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra with a feeling for delicately toned nuances…"
  • Süddeutsche Zeitung
    "Tchaikovsky has never been more modern, and conductor Valentin Uryupin lives this out consistently and rather stunningly"
  • Opernmagazin
    “Meanwhile, Valentin Uryupin sets the musical stage for Tchaikovsky: never has the composer sounded so modern“
  • hr2 Kultur
    “Conductor Valentin Uryupin fantastically brings out magic, tenderness, horror, and brutality in Tchaikovsky's music. What more could one ask for?“
  • BR Klassik
    “Conductor Valentin Uryupin and the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester bathe us in stirring, ever-contrasting emotions. Folk song-like simple, even sentimental, then again with powerful energy“
  • Musik Heute
    “Valentin Uryupin's conducting was also sensitive, passionate and spirited“
  • Tagesspiegel
    “Conductor Valentin Uryupin and the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester plunge the audience into stirring, contrasting emotions: folksong-like simplicity, even sentimentality, then again with powerful energy“
  • Frankfurter Rundschau
    „Valentin Uryupin conducts the brilliantly atttuned orchestra through a gently roughened score that avoids showmanship“
  • Allgemeine Zeitung (Mainz)
    “In Frankfurt, where the joy of discovery co-writes the repertory, this challenge is met with bravura under the baton of guest conductor Valentin Uryupin and rather obviously also convinces the audience.“
  • Frankfurter Allgemeine
    “The Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester sounds beguilingly soft and ecstatically crackling under the direction of Valentin Uryupin [...]  It is all original Tchaikovsky. Must be seen and heard. Several times preferably.“
  • Bachtrack
    “Valentin Uryupin conducted Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester with an elegant naturalness, always placing virtuosity above showmanship.“
  • Die Welt
    “Due to Valentin Uryupin's rousingly conclusive conducting at the Vienna Symphony Orchestra's podium, "Siberia" is gaining in intensity.“