“Yefim Bronfman combined fire and poetry…his fingers have always burned up the keyboard, but his lyricism has become more remarkable with age.”

“Bronfman is well known as a powerhouse pianist with a tone of crystalline clarity. When he turns the volume down, each note stands out like a perfectly shaped pearl. When he doesn’t, look out. You might get hit by flying chords.”

“His energy emanates from his fingers and swirls out of the piano with such perfection that every note grabs the ear with an expressive, singing quality. When his hands swept the full length of the keyboard in arpeggios and scales, Bronfman made it all look effortless.”

“Yefim Bronfman just about tore our heads off with his reading of Prokofiev’s fresh and fierce sonata. “Passionate” doesn’t begin to describe his take on Op. 82…”

“Few pianists since Vladimir Horowitz have scaled this awesome pianistic mountain with such artistry, dazzling technique and patrician musicality.”

“Bronfman has power and precision, to be sure. More important, he plays with a real sense of gesture-filled space and articulate weight, far beyond mere notesmanship.”