Reviews

"Khoma plays with masterful authority. Her bow arm is natural, relaxed and fluid, her left hand technique effortless and utterly secure. Her tone is dark, focused and pure. The playing was perfectly controlled and beautifully expressive. ...Magical and deeply touching..."
New York Concert Review

"Natalia Khoma performed the Haydn D Major concerto with intensity, great inner concentration and obvious power of performance. There is no doubt that Natalia Khoma will rank among the best cellists of her country." "Neues Deutchland" Berlin

"Natalia Khoma is a great, young musician.....From the first down-stroke of her bow in Rachmaninoff's beautiful Vocalise, it became apparent that here there would not be much to criticize. A full, warm, cello tone with everything else in addition which words cannot describe. A singing Vocalise, beautiful without being sentimental. And, what a drive!"
"Drammen Library" Oslo

"The musical and technical quality of her performance was superb; she achieved everything she set out to achieve which was to be accurate, to play with intensity and brilliance and with perfect structure.....She epitomised the tradition of the Russian school of excellence; technically dazzling and a performance imbued with feeling."
"Forte" Geneva

"...Excellent concert. ...Extreme technical proficiency. Khoma played ... with great warmth, sensitivity and feeling. Khoma's intonation was pure and clear, her phrasing flexible yet firm. Brahms's Second Hungarian Dance brought Dunning Hall audience to their feet."
"The Kingston Whig Standard", Canada

"While she plays she exists at a level untouched by conscious aesthetic or technical consideration."..."Immersed in play, her tone is vibrant and strong."..."It's a redundancy to add that Khoma's intonation is impeccable, and the precision of her executions, Slavik Zen."
""Woodstock Times", Hunter, New York

"Natalia Khoma is a new name on the list of the brilliant young cellists of this country. Her talent grows with dynamic maturity. I have no doubt that we will soon hear of her many successes."
Daniel Shafran

"Khoma played as if the instrument were an extension of her soul, intensely involved with the spirit of the music in her mind. Natalia's involvement with the music and her instrument was just transforming. She played with tremendous fire and passion. The combination of passion and expert-playing was amazing. This live music was exquisite."
"On Island", Nantucket

"The audience could recognize a great interpreter - the Ukrainian cellist Natalia Khoma...When it was over ( Haydn's C major cello concerto ), the audience had already fallen in love with the soloist, applauding without stop. After all, the young beauty prevailed as she was a master, who can dominate anything with the power of her music..."
""Punt Diavi"", Spain

"Natalia Khoma played with unshakable autority from note one of Friday night's concert...Number of listeners witnessed her seemingly endless array of stylistic colors...Khoma breezed through the staggering alternations between technical extremes in the cello part, particularly in the second Allegro, as though they were mere nothings."
Noelle Hahn. "Anchorage Daily News"

"Natalia Khoma has a perfectly natural way of playing without a hint of theatrics. She is the ideal transmitter of the composer's thoughts to the audience. In her playing she never strikes a pose, but precisely by her introspective simplicity she manages to reach into the essence of things.

Because, in a very personal way, she can also communicate to the world at large what she has discovered in the music, listening to her becomes participation and shared experience."
Nardo Henriquez. "Willemstad News"

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