From reviews
"...In this repertoire Filipec also demontrated that he is an authentic and brillant heir of that Eastern European piano school which refers to Emil Gilels, Svjatoslav Richter and Lazar Berman. Powerful and subtle in exact degrees, with an infinite capability of frasing and poetical deepening in the most tremendous passages, almost ignoring interminable pianistic difficulties, Filipec dedicated himself to making music..." |
Pablo Cohan, La Nación, Buenos Aires |
"...The concert opened with Rachmaninoff's grandly conceived Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 36, composed in 1913 and revised in 1931, and the early Elegy Op. 3 No. 1. Only a virtuoso pianist who knew how to exploit all the resources of his instrument could have written the Sonata; it was a staple of Rachmaninoff's own repertoire. Goran Filipec, a brillant young pianist, played it to the hilt. The running passages and trills sparkled, the melodies sang, the great crashing chords filled the hall; he captured the drama, somberness and melancholy of the slow movement as well as of the Elegy..." |
Edith Eisler, New York Concert Review |
"… He even discovered the part of his sensibility, to
the great extent protected, that sort of romantic sensibility which
appears in traces with the truly emotional and sincere natures,
on the frequency of the sensibility of someone's interpreted music…" |
Bosiljka Perić-Kempf, Novi list |
"…Filipec is distinguished for his pianistic
technique, and his fascinating facility of playing…" |
Tatjana Alajberg, Slobodna Dalmacija |
"… His performance has been an indicator
of existence of an extraordinary talent after a long time on the
Croatian pianistic scene…" |
Bosiljka Perić-Kempf, Vijenac |
"… A pianist of the convincing interpretation
and profiled artistic personality, of an, one could almost say,
demonic concentration of energy, completly corresponding to the
demands of the technical nature, which have been destined, in accordance
with his own pianistic abilities, by the devilish Liszt in his legacy
to the other pianists … His sovereignty was expressed in every
segment of his performance, in the profileness of every single variation,
in a deep, strong breath of every phrase, in the pianistic gesture,
in the persuasiveness of the interpretation, in the impression of
the whole performance…" |
Bosiljka Perić-Kempf, Novi List |
"… Hardly any Croatian pianist, except
Filipec and Pogorelić can play such a demanding program in such
a soveregn and brilliant manner…" |
Branimir Pofuk, Jutarnji List
|
"… One can really feel the emotional and
intellectual artistic maturity, the youth enthusiasm, security in
performance and scenic persuasiveness in the performance of Goran
Filipec…" |
Ramiro Palmić, Novi List |
"…His performance is almost filigree at
moments, in which, surprisingly, there are no traces of tiredness,
not even the saturation. He resists every technical problem with
easiness…" |
Sanja Dražić, Slobodna Dalmacija |
"…Goran Filipec possesses an impressive
technique, invidious musicality, and spirituality of the sound…" |
Ratko Čangalović, Jutarnji list |