"A titan at Brahms' Service

…To interpret both Brahms' piano concertos, a fortiori in one session, is to erect a monument, to build in turn a cathedral and a fortress with one's bare hands, stone after stone. As well as a building vocation, titanic force, endurance and virtuosity are required to tackle these two ample and exacting works. Grandeur too. Dan Poenaru, a pianist of Romanian origin, living in Lausanne where he has founded a piano school, combines all these qualities, to which are added a profound sense of tragedy and great sensitivity. This disc, recorded in concert in his native land, which he left at the beginning of the 1980s in order to escape Ceausescu's communist dictatorship, bears witness…"
Leo Bollinger, 24 Heures Lausanne
Translation from French: Patricia Lopez-Waldeis

"…The Romanian interpreter, accomplished virtuoso, movingly sincere and lyrical, mesmerised the public who were completely overwhelmed by such beauty, technique and mastery…"
Journal de Vevey-Riviera

"…The apotheosis was achieved with Franck's quintet in F minor, where the admirable pianist Dan Poenaru joined in. They interpreted these three movements with sincerity and ardour that induces admiration…"
Journal d'Aix-en-Provence

"…The pianist Dan Poenaru interpreted les Tableaux d'une expositions de Moussorgski in a masterly fashion, with sensitivity, finesse and virtuosity truly out of the ordinary…"
Journal de Sainte Croix

"…Under the fingers of Dan Poenaru, the famous Marche Funèbre, composing the third movement of the Sonata No.2 Op 35, induces a surge of emotion. The adagio pours an unexpected ray of sunshine on a deep sadness and an unbelievable cruelty…"
Journal L'Est Vaudois