‘Anyone who begins a program with Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata, ends with Prokofiev’s Toccata,and throws in Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit has a prodigious technique. As she demonstrated yesterdayafternoon the Turkish pianist Idil Biret must rank as a virtuoso. With unflagging energy, she produced aseries of supercharged performances.’– THE TIMES (UK), 1976‘Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit, one of the great landmarks of early 20th Century music, is wonderfully revealedin Idil Biret’s visionary performance.’– STEREO REVIEW (USA), 1977‘Given Ms. Biret’s passion for larger-than-life pianism, she was at her best in the comparatively constrictedyet descriptive world of Ravel.’– NEW YORK TIMES (USA), 2003