Additional Reviews
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"Cohan, in particular, demonstrated his fluent virtuosity many times over in a program demanding fleet fingers. Moreover, the notes were made into music with phrases just and considered, finely wrought and wonderfully molded. Something whole and musical resulted."
___Robert M. Campbell, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Flutist breathes new life into music of the Renaissance
___Robert M. Campbell, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"The significant portion of the concert was the Ibert Concerto. Soloist Jeffrey Cohan presented a feather-light, sensitive interpretation with breath-taking clarity and the sparkling tone of his flute." [with the Presidential Symphony Orchestra]
___Milliyet Sanat Dergisi Ankara, Turkey
"Cohan may not be a big name that draws crowds today, but he will be. His performance was everything the baroque flute, and baroque music in general, is all about ... a beautiful tone and lightning fingers ... If you ever have a chance to hear Jeffrey Cohan play the baroque flute, by all means take it."
___Carlton King, Columbia Flier
"His virtuosity seeming to know no bounds, he succeeded with his virtually infallible, secure technique in enchanting the listeners."
___Der Bund Bern, Switzerland
"The flute appears formally to be part of him, as though an extension of an organism that resonates within, bringing the sound to the air through an unheard-of sensivity and mastery of breath."
___Thomas Ehrle, Darmstadter Echo Darmstadt, Germany
Boundless Ingenuity
___Christoph Ludewig, Main-Spitz Rüsselsheim, Germany
Fire, Fantasy and Perfection
"Magical appeal, musical sensitivity and glowing fantasy ... uncommon stylistic originality, highly artistic maturity and technical perfection ... an astonishing gift of sympathetic understanding ... seemingly effortless brilliance ... a genuine fireworks display of virtuoso effects"
___Ellen Ruhnau, Westfälischer Anzeiger Hamm, Germany
"Cohan's engaging music-making ... captivated the listener to the last instant."
___Salzgitter Zeitung Salzgitter, Germany
"Jeff Cohan interpreted Bach's music entirely in accordance with its inherent character, flexibly and yet without affect-seeking intentions. Exaggeration of feeling was absent. Whenever a sound, a melodic bridge, touched the hearts, it was the result of skillfully accentuated phrasing and of a dynamic development of line."
___Berner Zeitung Bern, Switzerland
"Exquisite are Cohan's breathing, his sense of line, and his technique."
___Burgdorfer Tagblatt Burgdorf, Switzerland
"One would at all events like to be able to hear this musician again soon"
___Wolf Eberhard von Lewinski, Darmstadter Tagblatt Darmstadt, Germany