Press Review
....Pianist Carlo Balzaretti proved to be a fine soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto n°24 in C Minor, Kv.491. He tantalized the audience with a solid Mozartian technique and an intelligent conception of the work.
Bob Waters "Washington Post" 8 marzo 1993
....Carlo Balzaretti was at the piano - he is one of the few persons who are never boring and always fragrantally intelligent who thrive in the Italian sphere of good concertism.
Lorenzo Arruga "Il Giorno" Febbraio 1992
....The wide scales, the almost vertiginous difficulties of the last pass of Schubert's op. 120, provided ample proof of this young pianist's possibilities. We were delighted to hear him perform yesterday, he exhibits high level capability of interpretation.
Luigi Fertonani "Brescia Oggi" 16-11-1992
....Once again the young pianist Carlo Balzaretti revealed his excellent capability of interpretation. Francesco M. della Ciana
"Corriere dell'Umbria" 22-12-1992.
....The Spanish pages did certainly contribute in a marvelous way to highlight Balzaretti's exceptional talents: his tonality is smooth and bright; the sonority powers however are controled and subdued; he has a self-assured and natural bearing and an enviable technique. He has mature interpretation and an irrestible way of communicating with his public.
"La Provincia Pavese"
....We believe that Balzaretti is, very rightly, part of this new interpretative current which finds its archetype in the glorious pianists of the 30s and the 40s such as Rachmaninoff, Cortot, Rubinstein and Horowitz.
Alberto Spano.
....Balzaretti, with his pensive coolness and fluid agility, was the ideal interpreter and received great applause (F.X. Mozart: concert for piano and orchestra, do major).
Franca Cella: Corriere della Sera 8/4/1991.
....This young Milanese pianist with excellent musical qualities has also a strong and definite personality. He creates a perfect dialogue with his instrument and no phrase is ever left to fate, the cadenza he composed is interesting.
Gabriella Mazzola: La Notte 8/4/1991.
....The Arabesque op.18 and the Carnival of Wien op.26 were performed with rare touch skill; the sensibility was deep and brilliant, reaching an exceptional pathos by means of a technique which is never self aimed; handled with extreme elegance.
Sanremo , 10 maggio 1992
....Small and slender as he is it would seem that he could never ensue so much strength, but Carlo Balzaretti has been playing as a professional pianist for almost ten years, he possesses an accomplished aptitude for music that can already steal into Brahms sonata op.78, with sound softness which entwines and mingles the sound matter with the sensibility and the capacity of the accurate pianist, a precocious virtue for small and young pianist.
....The encore conceded disclosed the composer Balzaretti, who evidently prefers the late French lyrical form, it could have been Fauré. A curious and intelligent personality; such a complete musician at his early age, it is almost like a joke, it seems incredible. Walter Bettinelli
"L'Eco di Bergamo" 29-9-1990
