Cyprien Katsaris' recital in Seattle's Benaroya Hall revealed a pianist with astonishing keyboard mastery. He elicited textural and orchestral effects from the piano that were pure, intuitive imagination. Combining these with a technical command of the highest order, an extraordinary range of dynamics and color, and a rhythmic freedom that pushed the envelope, the event was a fascinating experience of what is possible.
[Review of Katsaris' recent Benaroya Hall recital - May 19 '06 - by
  Neal O'Doan, Professor of Music Emeritus (Piano) University of Washington]

Cyprien Katsaris... dazzled with his fleet, silken touch.
[From a review of Katsaris' Mozart performances with the Tokyo String Quartet in March '06]
  Toronto Star

His own brand of magic defies analysis... Mr. Katsaris' wizardry must have equaled Liszt's own.
  South China
Morning Post

"A strong individualist with glittering fingers… He has a pronounced musical profile which puts him in a class far above the cut and dried exponents of the international school of modern pianists."
(Excerpt taken from The Great Pianists – from Mozart to the Present, by Senior Music Critic Emeritus of the New York Times, Harold C. Schonberg)

"Standing ovations are not rare, probably not as rare as they ought to be. But it is still unusual to see the whole hall rise in quick unison as the last chord is played, and that is what happened when Cyprien Katsaris finished his program… Mr. Katsaris was enormously impressive…"
   The New York Times

"One of the best Mozart interpreters of our time…"
  Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin

"Chopin played masterfully… Ovations for a world-class pianist."
  Berliner Zeitung

"The stormy applause rose to dimensions which have only rarely been reached in this place."
  Salzburger Tagblatt

"His own brand of magic defies analysis... Mr. Katsaris' wizardry must have equaled Liszt's own."
   South China Morning Post

"No other pianist excels his virtuosity although there are so many 'virtuosi' about. He has created a new chapter in the repertoire and performance of piano music... His interpretation of this multi-faceted music (Schumann’s Kinderszenen) was superbly delicate and it was as if he was sitting in the mind of the composer himself."
   Asahi, Japan