Recent critical praise:
"In Sergei Prokofiev's first concerto for piano and orchestra, the soloist and orchestra begin simultaneously with a haunting unison theme, then the piano breaks away and begins a wild, deliberate hammering... in the "style Barbaro"... It leads into a fine trickle of tones, which then forms an episode with staccatos in a motorical rhythm, which the phenomenal pianist Monica Ripamonti performed with sleepwalking certainty... in the second movement, the pianist captivated with her deepness... with an encore of Brahms, she was able to show off her lyrical abilities once again..." -Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Johann Ernst Bach:Six sonatas for the piano and a violin (Eisenach 1770 and 1772). Monica Ripamonti (harpsichord), Hans- Christoph Fichtner (Vl.). Munis Artifex (1901) ℗ 2020 (distribution mibacom.de) CD:
"Ripamonti plays with beautiful sound, eloquent articulation and allows the colors of the harpsichord registers to enrich the sound. The violin is often content with a filler voice that accompanies the moving harpsichord part with long, sustained tones. However, it regularly has to quickly switch from the calm of the accompaniment to fast, lively imitation and common ornaments and final trills. Ripamonti and Fichtner play the sonatas cheerfully and entertainingly, lively and quickly.." - CHARMING GALANTRIES (Magazin Concerto 2-2021_No.296)
"Her virtuosity and energy allow her to choose almost exclusively virtuoso and difficult programs... with Chopin's Scherzo in B flat minor the "lioness of the piano" gave all her passion and skill... "
Thüringer Allgemeine
"They have a style, respectful to the composer and at the same time so individual ... a 'sound' hard to match anywhere in the world of classical duos. (They) can evoke an entire orchestra and make the audience immediately at ease hearing classical pieces new to most of them."
-Pacifica Tribune, (U.S.A.)
"(Their) virtuosity held us in highest esteem … yet the intensive, singing quality of their instruments certainly owes itself to their unique, at times poignant interpretations." -El Finanziero, Mexico City
"A worthwhile evening of finest chamber music for Bangkok's audiences. The musicians played with interpretive transparency and precision, yet always striving to get to the heart of the music." -The Nation, Bangkok
"This team is an outstanding and perfectly unified representative of its genre, performing chamber music at the highest level. Crystalline transparency, seductive crescendos and a big palette of dynamics served to make a unique experience out of each work". -Thüringer Allgemeine
"The concert was of a beauty which exceeds most dreams, owing to their powerful musicality, and to their highly personal form of dialog with the audience." -Südthüringer Zeitung
"Ripamonti thrilled the audience with pianistic brilliance and musical grace, (cellist) Mereutza with her hearty interpretive skill, and Taylor, with his glamorous solo passages and wonderful, round tone. ... These three musicians create a unified voice on a high level, superbly balanced and yet finely differentiated". -Werra Rundschau
"An enormous success: The instrumentalists proved to be perfect technicians and eminently expressive artists, whose interaction was filled with an impassioned joy which infected the audience". -Westerwälder Zeitung
