KONSTANTINOV'S ENCHANTING BEETHOVEN
A lesson in taste... Excellent piano playing... An expert performance by Konstantinov, whose technique and musicality were above reproach throughout--Norman Middleton, THE WASHINGTON POST, USA

AN ASTONISHING PIANIST AND AN ASTOUNDING EVENING
A DISPLAY OF VOLCANIC VIRTUOSITY
...unimaginable mind pictures, indeed the most interesting of the concerts in the last years--Rolf Wunnenberg, SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, Munich, Germany

TZVETAN KONSTANTINOV AT THE WORLD BANK
Konstantinov played with intelligence and vitality throughout...It was a feat as impressive as anything--Ed Roberts, THE WASHINGTON POST, USA

EXTREMELY TALENTED AND COMMAND PIANISTIACALLY--SHURA CHERKASSKY, United Kingdom

A GRAND EVENING AT "SLAVEIKOV" HALL
Konstantinov revealed the music of Brahms in its full beauty and splendor--Svetla Kuyumdjieva, NARODNA MLADEZH, Sofia, Bulgaria

A SUPERB RECITAL
Bulgarian-born pianist Tzvetan Konstantinov exhibited uncommon power and dexterity. Konstantinov's dazzling piano artistry painted exquisite mind pictures--Emily Cary, THE JOURNAL, Alexandria, USA

"THE BULGARIAN MICHELANGELI HAS ARRIVED"--Prof. VLADI SIMEONOV, Sofia, Bulgaria

STANDING OVATIONS FOR BULGARIAN PIANIST
The astonishing technique of Tzvetan Konstantinov fascinated from the start with art so impressive that left the public still agog at the memory of it--Alfred Grote, REICHENHALLER TAGBLATT, Germany

PIANIST OF EXCEPTIONAL GIFTS--GRANT JOHANNESEN, USA

KONSTANTINOV: "PICTURES" PERFECT
Tzvetan Konstantinov, a highly accomplished and widely traveled Bulgarian artist performed from memory. Konstantinov's gestures struck brilliant and powerful tones from the crystalline grand and the pianist embodied throughout a peculiarly fiery and unsentimental Russian romanticism from which any trace of self-absorption had been expunged--Mark Adamo, THE WASHINGTON POST, USA

THANK YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN for your stupendous and sensational performance as it was met with such great exaltation by the rapturous public--Frigga Dettmer, Munich, Germany

TZVETAN KONSTANTINOV, a pianist with a file of excellent reviews for both solo recitals and orchestra dates, studied with a remarkable teacher Velichka Savova whom he still reveres. She taught him something called "frei Gewichtkeit" technique, having to do with the distribution of weight in the arms and elbows while playing--Robert Finn, THE PLAIN DEALER, USA

EXCEPTIONAL ARTISTIC TALANT--ISTVAN ANTAL, Hungary

BRAHMS: CHEERFULLY ROMANTIC AND STATELY
The highly polished Bulgarian Concert Pianist Tzvetan Konstantinov set the musical evening to it's appropriate grand finale--Dr. Robert Weihrauch, THE WASHINGTON JOURNAL, USA

OUTSTANDING PIANIST, WHO BY HIS MATURE MUSICALITY AND VIRTUOSIC TECHNIQUE STANDS AS ONE OF THE HIGHEST ARTISTIC EVENTS--Prof. WILHELM HUBNER, Vienna, Austria

KONSTANTINOV demonstrated many fine ideas about shading, rubato and voicing--Kate Rivers, THE WASHINGTON POST, USA

OUR DEEP APPRECIATION AND ADMIRATION OF THE GREAT BULGARIAN AND DEAR FRIEND MR. TZVETAN KONSTANTINOV AND HIS STUPENDOUS ART--FERNANDO LAIRES, Portugal

MUSIC - A DESTINY AND A QUEST
Tzvetan Konstantinov performed from memory Bach's "Well Tempered Clavier", the complete Volume One at the age of sixteen. His music took on even more poignant depth, reflecting the essence of his disire to communicate with those who came to hear him--Maria Namicheva, NARODNA MLADEZH, Sofia, Bulgaria

BULGARIAN PIANIST MAKES AMERICAN DEBUT
Tzvetan Konstantinov, a concert pianist with considerable experience internationally has developed the "frei Gewichtkeit" technique, which he describes as one that "produces a power force in my fingertips"--Svein Gilje, THE SEATTLE TIMES, USA

OUTSTANDING AND ACCOMPLISHED PIANIST--BELA SIKI, Hungary

A LOVELY EVENING OF PIANO IN A GRAND OLD STYLE
Mr. Konstantinov excelled in the Chopin style in a most impressive, particularly exquisite way and with great technical ease (CHOPIN-The Complete 24 Preludes, Op. 28)--Nancy R. Ping-Robbins, THE NEWS & OBSERVER, Raleigh, USA

KONSTANTINOV'S BEAUTIFUL AND CRYSTALLINE playing was particularly evident--Daniel Gawthrop, THE WASHINGTON POST, USA

KONSTANTINOV'S USE OF RUBATO WAS NOVEL AND UNUSUAL--Joe & Elizabeth Kahn, THE INDEPENDENT, Raleigh, USA

EXTREMELY GIFTED AND TALENTED WITH HIGHEST ARTISTIC ABILYTY AND ATTAINMENT. ONE OF THE RARE FEW WHO CONTINUE TO CARRY ON THE LEGENDARY GODOWSKY'S TRADITIONS--VELICHKA SAVOVA, Sofia, Bulgaria

A NOT-SO-MODEST MUSSORGSKY'S TRANSCRIPTION
The Washington premiere of Emile Naoumoff's transcription of "Pictures at an Exhibition". Tzvetan Konstantinov possesses ample technique and an arsenal of tonal colors in this bravura performance--John Pitcher, THE WASHINGTON POST, USA

AN UNCOMMON TREAT AND, AS ALWAYS, THE PRIVILEDGE TO HEAR YOU PERFORM WAS MOST WELCOME. WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE YOU ON OUR FACULTY--Prof. Roy J. Guenther, Ph.D., The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA

APPLAUSE FOR BULGARIAN PIANIST TZVETAN KONSTANTINOV
The soloist Tzvetan Konstantinov offered highly impressive performance (MOZART - Concerto in A Major, KV 488) and brought to all this special, high Mozartean spirit in a perfect fashion. The grateful public repeatedly called back the soloist for more--Alfred Grote, REICHENHALLER TAGBLATT, Germany

VERY GIFTED PIANIST OF A HIGH LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL ATTAINMENT--Prof. RANDOLPH HOKANSON, USA

TZVETAN KONSTANTINOV AT LISNER
This obviously talented pianist shined at particular moments with tenuto technique that was entirely original--Mark Carrington, THE WASHINGTON POST, USA

PIANIST DEMONSTRATES UNUSUAL TECHNIQUE
Bulgarian Prize-Winning Pianist Tzvetan Konstantinov has style of playing which has been called "a pleasant shock" by the Viennese--THE UNIVERSITY HERALD, Seattle, USA

UNMISTAKABLE PRESENCE OF IMPRESSIVE PIANISTIC TALENT--Prof. ANDRIUS KUPREVICIUS, Lithuania

PIANIST TZVETAN KONSTANTINOV gave Brahms's C Major Sonata, Op. 1, its full measure of opulence, relentless drive and contrapuntal cogency, never sacrificibg structure in favor of a riproaring tempo--Cecelia H. Porter, Ph.D., THE WASHINGTON POST, USA

IMMENSELY GIFTED PIANIST WITH STAGGERING REPERTOIRE--Prof. HANS PETERMANDL, Vienna, Austria

AN ARTIST OF TREMENDOUS TALENT, A POWERFUL AND VERY EXPRESSIVE PERFORMER. TO HEAR HIM IS TO BE MOVED BY THE FEELING IN EVERYTHING HE PLAYS. ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING PIANISTS OF PRESENT DAY--GELSEY FROTHINGHAM MANAGEMENT, USA

AN EXPLOSIVE PERFORMANCE OF VIRTUOSITY
In a dazzling display at the filled beyond capacity Concert Hall, the technically extremely difficult piece did fit the Bulgarian super-virtuoso perfectly--H. B., SCHWABISCHES TAGBLATT, Tubingen, Germany

BEAUTIFUL, VIRTUOSIC AND ELEGANT PERFORMANCE--Prof. ROBERT PARRIS, Washington, D.C., USA

TZVETAN KONSTANTINOV AT ANDERSON HOUSE
Performing on a gilded 1905 Steinway beneath ballroom chandeliers, Konstantinov showed his mastery in Schubert's (Wanderer-Fantasie in C Major, Op 15) beautiful, lachrymose section replete with rubato and a good sense of lyricism. Konstantinov's colorful promenade variations worked well as transitions between the pictures (MUSSORGSKY'S "Pictures at an Exhibition"). He painted an especially impressive "Bydlo"--Grace Jean, THE WASHINGTON POST, USA