‘Ravishingly Poetic Playing’ — BBC Music Magazine
‘Vioolconcert naar schilderij van De Kooning: ‘Soms is het bijna alsof je zelf op een boot zit' — Interview in NRC newspaper Read more >>
‘Tosca Opdam painted a harrowing portrait of inconsolable sadness with her angst-fueled shivers, austere grey-sky harmonics and mournful cadenzas as the basses and timpani fluttered through the gloom below.’ — Lucid Culture, on Sibelius Violin Concerto, Greenwich Village Orchestra, conductor Barbara Yahr in Lincoln Center, NYC
‘Enchanting musical personality’ — De Volkskrant on winning the Oskar Back Competition
‘A program of great intelligence, played with luminous elegance, dynamic expressive range and a graceful spirit of invitation. A splendid and memorable Carnegie-Weill debut by a violinist whose musical intelligence and expressive clarity make for a distinctive and gorgeous artistry.’ — Jean Ballard Terepka, Theaterscene
‘At times bold and regal, other times poignant and tender; at all times rendered gorgeously.’ — Huffington Post, Recital Hall Concertgebouw Amsterdam
‘Tosca Opdam won the audience to her confident, expressive interpretation. She engaged in a thrilling dialogue with the orchestra.’ — Arco Music Magazine
‘A guided tour of the innermost secrets of music stretching across four centuries… not to mention a lusciously tuneful ride. Rewarded with three standing ovations.’ — New York Music Daily on the Carnegie Hall debut
‘Energetic, lively and savouring every measure, she truly brought the substantial score to life. With great expressive clarity and musical charisma, she demonstrated a gift for storytelling that surpassed mere virtuosity.’ — Schaffhauser Nachrichten on Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2
‘A program of great intelligence, played with luminous elegance, dynamic expressive range and a graceful spirit of invitation. A splendid and memorable Carnegie-Weill debut by a violinist whose musical intelligence and expressive clarity make for a distinctive and gorgeous artistry.’ — Jean Ballard Terepka, Theaterscene
‘Tosca Opdam painted a harrowing portrait of inconsolable sadness with her angst-fueled shivers, austere grey-sky harmonics and mournful cadenzas as the basses and timpani fluttered through the gloom below.’ — Lucid Culture, on Sibelius Violin Concerto, Greenwich Village Orchestra, conductor Barbara Yahr in Lincoln Center, NYC
`Vioolconcert naar schilderij van De Kooning: ‘Soms is het bijna alsof je zelf op een boot zit' — Interview in NRC newspaper
“At times bold and regal, other times poignant and tender; at all times rendered gorgeously” — The Huffington Post
“The Mason concerto is clearly in a line from the concertos of Alban Berg and Bela Bartok in its mix of tough-minded near-atonality and unsentimental lyricism along with the great Violin Concerto of George Rochberg. It’s good to know that there currently seems some likelihood of its future presentation where it belongs, in a concert hall in front of an audience and in the hands of Tosca Opdam.” — David Brown, LA Opus, Los Angeles
“The concerto develops with a pronounced closeness to atonality and a lyrical vein. Dutch solist Tosca Opdam excels in the technical mastery of this music in a way that vividly shapes the lively and driving nature of the work.” — Remy Frank, Pizzicato
“A virtuosic work that advances our idea of the concerto into the new century. The solist, young Dutch violinist Tosca Opdam, plays with assurance and beauty. A superb recording that should be listened to time and again.” — Maureen Buja, Interlude
“Violinist Tosca Opdam Shows once again that new music suits her wonderfully. the defending concerto, by Todd Mason, becomes a 24-min exciting fever dream with spiky rhythms, passionate dialogues between violin and orchestra, and cinematic character.” — Maartje Stokkers, de volkskrant, Amsterdam
“Todd Mason/s ambition is nothing more and nothing less than to offer a work for our times, resolutely contemporary, but so solid that it will face a new (post covid) world without stipend and with and irresistible Tosca Opdam. We cam bet that this astonishing Violin concert will be remembered” — Bruno Chiron, Bla-bla-Blog, French Fine Arts and Culture
“Astutely pitched as “a violin concerto for the 21st century”. Todd Mason’s Violin Concerto is brought to thrilling realization by solist Tosca Opdam. Mason’s goal was to craft a musical adventure that both celebrates virtuosity and engages for its narrative form…and Mason’s Concerto is an immediately accessible affair. Those qualities stands it in good stead of being performed widely, as it so deserves” — Ron Schepper, Textura, Canada
