Composer and musician Miguel Kertsman lets us hear music rooted in European classical traditions and Brazilian folklore. An unbelievable Journey through time and Brazil’s music history… Overall, this music remains indescribable and defies categorization.
– Rolling Stone
“Kertsmans Musik ist eine klassische musikalische Erzählung und verblüfft überdies als exotisch musikalische Wundertüte.”
– Tilman Urbach, Fono Forum 01/2019
“The music of Brazilian composer Miguel Kertsman is versatile and eclectic… Fantastic album… It (Chamber Symphony Nr. 2 New York of 50 Doors) is a striking work; like his other pieces, it defies categorization.”
– Nathan Faro American Record Guide
“It’s a fascinating disc, it’s a real melting pot of repertoire. Kertsman’s style is very, very varied. He plunges everything into his music, from jazz to world music influences. It’s sometimes atonal, but it’s never inaccessible.”
– Jeremy Pound, Deputy Editor of the BBC Music Magazine on their December Podcast about “3 Concertos & Chamber Symphony No. 2”
From the splendidly creepy, and imaginatively scored, Concerto for Violin, Horn and Shofar to the jazzy ‘New York of 50 Doors’ Concerto, there’s no shortage of variety here.
– BBC Music Magazine
“Kertsman shares with his older compatriot (Villa-Lobos) an appealingly intuitive approach to composition. ‘The freedom in his instrumental writing, heard most obviously in the Chamber Symphony No 1, Acorda!”
– Gramophone Magazine
“Its frequently louche and jazzy loneliness might almost be the soundtrack to Edward Hopper’s painting Nighthawks.”
– MusicWeb International about “New York of 50 Doors”
“Miguel Kertsman has captured musical lightning in a bottle with his latest release titled ‘In The Moment’… engaging and highly imaginative”
– Skope Magazine, Jimmy Rae
Colorful musical pictures from Brazil in fine recordings… meditative, colorful music, rich in ideas.
– International Classical Music Awards
“immensely attractive music…imaginative and varied… orchestral lavishness… there are sublime moments of epic grandeur here…”
– Fanfare Magazine
“Capturing the unique spirit of Brazilian music is a seductive prospect which pretty well sums up the concept album Amazonica…”
– Jazz Times
“… this musician does not recognise any stylistic boundaries… what does this “orchestra” of two performers perform? Everything, as its creator Miguel Kertsman loves.”
– Jazz Quad Magazine