Applause
"…an exceptionally fine pianist."
Recital – Sheri Greenawald: Boston Globe
"Hallak was right there with each singer, turning the piano into a partner in dialogue or a multicolored orchestral commentator on the emotions being sung."
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Washington Post, 02/05/05
"One could only bask in infinitely tapered pianissimos and impassioned resonance, along with Hallak's sophisticated piano partnership, and in the intense beauty they conveyed."
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Washington Post, 10/03/04
"It was also his performance—not a fault on Mr. Hallak's part—that had the latter's sensitive and warm accompaniment disappear without trace into the music. Perhaps it is the mark of true success of a pianist in a song recital that he shall simply merge unnoticeably. Together with the supple Bösendorfer Mikhail Hallak did just that."
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Ionarts, 10/03/04
"Petrova and gifted Belgian pianist Mikhail Hallak presented a dazzling program of Russian and German songs…Petrova’s accompanist Hallak produced for her the perfect colorful palette she needed."
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The Post and Courier, Charleston
"He was as sensitive and successful an accompanist as the performers could ever have hoped for."
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Ionarts, 02/05/05
"Soprano Luybov Petrova’s very able accompanist was Mikhail Hallak, whose beautifully balanced and warm tone combined with tight ensemble with Petrova were models to be emulated."
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Classical Voice, North Carolina
"The program included a Brahms Cello Sonata and Schubert's Adagio and Rondo D. 487 for piano and strings, both with the brilliant young pianist Mikhail Hallak."
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Festival Chamber Music:
E-pulse journal
"The program presented by Le Roux and his vigorously supportive pianist, Mikhail Hallak amounted to a Cook’s tour of 19th and 20th Century Gallic Melodies, including every major song composer from Gounod, Saint-Saens, Faure and Duparc to Debussy, Ravel and Poulenc… illuminated with enormous insight, complete with ravishing half-tints from both artists."
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Chicago Tribune
"Hallak is a rare pianist with an incomparable gift."
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Classical Voice, North Carolina
