Reviews

Here you can find some reviews of my performances.

Here is Dr. Dick Strawser's blog on my January, 2009 performance at Market Square Concerts in Harrisburg. Here are some more recent highlights:

    ...The pianistic highlight of the evening was Tantris the Clown. Mr. Bengtson entered into the role of a Pagliaccio as a great actor-pianist. His is a schizophrenic clown, easily shifting mood, color and character from phrase to phrase. His rendering was so compelling, that his clarity of tone and attack and rich Romantic sound could go easily unnoticed.
(.. Dayle van der Sande, in the Polish Music Center Newsletter)

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    ...Bengtson is both analytical and creative, a winning combination for any pianist; the two sides of his brain seem to be perfectly balanced. ... Bengtson is amazing.
(.. Susan L. Pena, Reading Times, May 14, 2006)

Bengtson is a remarkable artist. ... Big-boned pianism, rich tonal colors, and dazzling technique are on display here. Has Scriabin ever been played better? Only Horowitz and Richter can compare to what Bengtson achieves on this disc.
(.. Lawrence Budmen, American Record Guide, July/August 2005 on Scriabin Sonatas recording, Romeo 7232)

Press

You can find media articles on my career from this page. A recent sample:

    ...In Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, he performed both the Goldberg Variations and Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit, two of the most intellectually and technically intimidating works of the entire keyboard repertoire. Yet Matt approaches Bach and Ravel with the same aplomb it takes to play a good game of chess: understanding, concentration, discipline, hard work, and, not the least, passion.
(.. from Matt Bengtson, Pianist and Polymath, by Lucy Miller Murray, in Philadelphia Music Makers Magazine, Vol. 7 No. 1, Spring 2008)

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