by justine.gelis@hotmail.fr | Mar 13, 2020 | Press
PIZZICCATO, Rezension von Uwe Krusch The French violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft’s playing impresses with a great sound and a lot of expression, without any exaggeration. Thus, the intensity of his playing is never endangering the most thoughtful and intimate character...
by justine.gelis@hotmail.fr | Mar 2, 2020 | Press
CONCERTONET.COM, Christie Grimstad M. Boutellis-Taft’s strongest convictions rest inside the pages of Judaic enclaves, including those found within Max Bruch and Ernest Bloch. “Searing and crying for outreach”, Kol Nidrei’s ardent Aramic religiosity is piercing and...
by justine.gelis@hotmail.fr | Feb 13, 2020 | Press
GANG-FLOW, Anne-Sandrine Di Girolamo Virgil Boutellis-Taft unveils the incantatory powers of his violin. In a program where music reveals its magnetic and bewitching powers, this Aparté CD reveals the work of a virtuoso who transforms this hour of listening into an...
by justine.gelis@hotmail.fr | Feb 12, 2020 | Press
FRANCE MUSIQUE Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier These works that are virtually contemporary charm us through their lyricism, and Virgil Boutellis-Taft lacks neither lyricism nor poetry. This is a beautiful recording, demanding and interiorized – a true favorite. Read more...
by justine.gelis@hotmail.fr | Feb 1, 2020 | Press
CLASSICAL MUSIC SENTINEL, Jean-Yves Duperron The violin is undeniably a musical instrument favored by many music enthusiasts. Like an actor it can assume many different characters. It can cry, laugh, groan, cackle, dance, sing, be downright folky or highly lyrical....
by justine.gelis@hotmail.fr | Feb 1, 2020 | Press
OPUS KLASSIEK, Aart van der Wal ….Contrasts which also testify to the intense musicality of the protagonist: the young French violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft, who with his evocative playing opens up a real world of wonder making a strong impression. We are dealing...
by justine.gelis@hotmail.fr | Dec 1, 2016 | Press
MUSICAL EDUCATION, Edith Weber From the outset, they [Virgil Boutellis-Taft and Guillaume Vincent] impose themselves by the reciprocity of their listening and the brilliance of their phrasing in The Crane whose roughness they feel perfectly and whose inexpressible...
by justine.gelis@hotmail.fr | Nov 3, 2016 | Press
ON Mag, Michel Jakubowicz The violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft combines impeccable sound with an impressive virtuosity flying over all the unbounded difficulties that are to be found in these scores …. To put it briefly, a highly successful trip between East and...
by justine.gelis@hotmail.fr | Nov 1, 2016 | Press
CLASSICA, Jacques Bonnaire Virgil Boutellis-Taft is an interesting musical personality. Lovely sonority, beautiful imagination in the playing of timbres, and great precision, which in no way excludes a captivating expressivity, especially in the “oriental”...
by justine.gelis@hotmail.fr | Oct 27, 2016 | Press
LE BABILLARD, Loïc Chahine … intense, brilliant, sumptuous sonority over the whole range of the violin of Virgil Boutellis-Taft, very “into the string”, magnified by a very sure bow … Let’s listen to the “Intermède” of Debussy’s...
