Mr. Vonsattel used his razor-sharp technique to make the older works sound as adventurous as the more recent ones.

The big news is that Mr. Vonsattel is a superb pianist...he produced a pure and singing tone...everything, always, was in balance.

Gilles Vonsattel...summoned an eminently fluid and sensual touch in order to bring to life the harmonies of Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit and then galvanized his colleagues in the Schumann Piano Quintet.

Most amazing was Vonsattel's ability to weave in and out of such different styles with ease and authority...Vonsattel has that complete mastery of himself as well as the instrument.

...a pianist well worth watching

He has a way of taming the piano without ever raising his voice, [with] a firm caress that eloquently and softly moves through his hands. In chamber music, this predisposition is marvelous. For Mozart it fits like a glove.

At once he plays like clockwork...underneath his ornamentation and striking sonic architecture is a wellspring of substance...from unabashed ardor to a musical communion that seems to come straight from whatever heavens he believes in.

The discovery was the Swiss-born, American-raised and -trained Gilles Vonsattel...he mesmerized for minutes on end.

...utter ease, fluidity, and calm amid the most technically challenging music.

He seems to balance intellect and feeling perfectly. There's no hint of haze in his Debussy and Ravel, but rather a finely chiseled elegance...his tone somehow manages both crystalline clarity and a core of warmth.

Swiss-born Gilles Vonsattel was dazzling in some insolently difficult Liszt and Gottschalk. If any doubt remained as to Saint-Saëns's capacity to (sometimes) write great music, surely Vonsattel and Edward Arron put it to flight with 1872's wonderful first Cello and Piano Sonata.

Vonsattel possesses a dazzling technique that can storm the heavens or sing in poetic introspection.... An impressive artist and dynamic virtuoso, Vonsattel left an indelible mark in a terrific Miami debut.

With his heart and soul fully engaged with the keyboard, the enormously talented pianist Gilles Vonsattel gave a knock-out performance.

From the beautifully and sensitively played first-movement cadenza to the concerto's stunningly bravura ending, Vonsattel turned in a performance that had the packed house at Dawson Auditorium on its feet almost before the final notes died away, and rightly so.

Having to convince audiences that his interpretation of a great work of art is not only valid but of special interest seemed like child's play to the evening's guest artist, Gilles Vonsattel... every note was played with unflinching certainty.