“The remarkable evening began with the D Minor Piano Concerto of J.S. Bach. The concerto required, from the very first measure, agile, precise fingerwork from the pianist. Idil Biret took the challenge with a ravishing pulse which carried one away. How this artist combines the strict discipline of the score with the capacity to build sovereign forms is exemplary.”
Dietrich Wolf, DRESDNER NEUESTE NACHRICHTEN – Germany 1996
“I left my heart and very probably my soul at Brighton College last Wednesday evening. It has been left in the hands of a true mistress of the piano, Turkish musician Idil Biret. Tiny and with auburn hair, Ms. Biret probably has the smallest hands in the business, yet she plays up a storm… Ms. Biret verges on genius and I am impatient to hear more from her.”
Mike Howard, EVENING ARGUS – UK 2001 [concert of works by Bach, Schubert, Wagner and Liszt]