Herald Music Critic

Though Sunday's opener was a Mozart quartet, the potent magnets were the rare Brahms vocal duets and Mendelssohn's Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13.

The Bergonzi foursome gave it a finely judged performance, pointing up the multi-thematic writing of the first movement and Mendelssohn's phenomenal facility at counterpoint.
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South Florida Classical Review

Nov 03, 2008
"Ginastera fest opens with fire at the Frost"
By Lawrence A. Johnson

The 25th  installment of Festival Miami is closing with neither a bang nor a whimper, but rather with a Latin-flavored blast of bravura and musical ingenuity.

The Bergonzi String Quartet delivered a superb, impassioned performance
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Miami Herald
10/13/09

"The Bergonzi String Quartet delights with unusul program"
by Alan Becker

Festival Miami can usually be counted on for interesting programs, and this was certainly the case when the Bergonzi String Quartet was joined by other faculty members at the University of Miami's Gusman Concert Hall.

The performance was promoted as ``chamber music by Schumann, Schubert and others,'' yet it was the ``others'' that drew the most attention Sunday night.
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The Bergonzi Quartet should be far better known, and if it turns out more recordings like this one, it probably will be.  
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Palm Beach Arts Paper
September 21, 2009

"Bergonzi quartet opens season in admirable style"
By Greg Stepanich

This was an excellent performance in every respect, beginning with the opening dramatic bars, which some quartets like to hammer to the point of harshness...in the Bergonzis hands it was forceful and contained at the same time; the effect was one of strength and nobility
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Buffalo Evening News

"The Bergonzi String Quartet "
by HERMAN TROTTER

A pulsing, throbbing, exciting performance of the seldom heard Quartet No. 1 by Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) heads this release, with strong strong performances of the more familiar "Italian Serenade" by Hugo Wolf and Debussy's Quartet in G also included. 
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South Florida Classical Review

May 31, 2010

"Minimal Mozart, yet Bergonzi Quartet serves up winning program"

by Lawrence Budmen

The Mainly Mozart Festival presented a winning trio of late nineteenth and early twentieth century works Sunday afternoon at the ballroom of the Westin Colonnade Hotel in Coral Gables.
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Coral Gables Gazette

"Bergonzi Quartet does not disappoint"
by Bruce Keisling

Continuing this season's Festival Miami, Sept. 24 marked the return performance of the University of Miami's resident string quartet, the Bergonzi Quartet. Made up of outstanding members of the Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music's string faculty, the quartet has become one of the bright lights of Miami's musical scene.
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New York Concert Review

"The Bergonzi ensemble is excellent"
by Edith Eisler

Their tone is full and sonorous. Their performance was excellent, authoritative and affectionate. The players emerged for their solos and melted back into the texture smoothly and naturally.

The Bergonzi String Quartet gave this long and complex piece a splendid performance.
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