International and Domestic Reviews

The New York Times

"His performances were expressive and full of passion…This is an artist who means every note he plays."

Los Angeles Times

"Jeffrey Siegel has everything: massive technique, musical sensitivity and character, wide tonal resources, immense reserves of power, and the ability to communicate."

The Chicago Tribune

"Siegel's programs strengthen the fragile bonds of communication between composer and listener and are as welcome as they are rare."

The Washington Post

"Pianistic eloquence with a special gift for commentary."

The San Francisco Examiner

“Jeffrey Siegel gave the finest, most musical performance of this work that I’ve heard anywhere.”

The Dallas Morning News

“Pianist helps listeners learn what it’s all about.”

The Arizona Republic

“Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations® have proved so popular that he now has the audience standing in the aisles.”

The Cleveland Plain Dealer

".. a world renowned pianist with intelligence, insight, charm, and exceptional skills as a communicator."

The Milwaukee Journal

"In the best of all possible worlds, every concert would be like one of Jeffrey Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations®.”

The Denver Post

"..a pianist with a bravura technique and a big, gorgeous sound…and when the artist himself offers the inside scoop, the musical experience becomes vastly more personal."

San Diego Evening Tribune

“Siegel lit the stage..piano playing to delight the ears.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

“His CDs easily equal Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts in their ability to explain deep musical matters with elegant simplicity.”

Berlin Die Welt

"Jeffrey Siegel is a pianist who literally overflows with music."

Amsterdam Het Parool

“A lion of the keyboard.”

The Telegraph (London)

"The versatility of his interpretive gifts is extraordinary."

Toronto Star

"A musical bridge-builder in action..Siegel showed just how illuminating the combination of words and abstract music can be."

The Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado)

“...commands the unwavering attention of his audience with a unique combination of gifts as artist, educator, and entertainer.”

The New York Times

“...a performer who colors with virtuoso artistry.”

Los Angeles Times

“An unusual gift for commentary as well as extraordinary pianism bring Siegel’s audience wholly into the musical experience.”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“His preliminary talk with musical examples was so stimulating that I could hardly wait for the complete performance.”

The New York Times

“ This was an achievement of a sort seldom heard."

The Boston Herald

“Siegel possesses that rare conversational skill---the verbal program note.”

Minneapolis Star Tribune

“...a powerhouse pianist with a fiery temperament.”

The Columbus Dispatch

“Keyboard Conversations® give the listener the inside track.”

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“...witty and erudite commentary – plus topnotch piano playing!”

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Siegel is the perfect instrument to transmit the timeless power and enduring passion of Beethoven’s music.”