«The Little Yakutians became favorites and discovery of the International Competitions Festival of Violin Music "The Baikai Strings". When competitive listening was held these boys and girls appeared on the stage - with the highly lifted heads and straightening backs, gracefully bowed and put violins on the shoulders by graceful movement - we were already prepared to something unusual. Anybody of the festival participants, little or big, did not behave so beautifully. Music of the Yakutians excited everybody.»
The Buryat weekly newspaper "Pyatnitsa". 04.28.95.
«A few years will pass and names of little stars of the Yakut children's Violinists Ensemble will fire by bright constellation in musical sky not only in Yakutia and Russia but probably in the world. »
The newspaper "Buryatiya" - 05.02.95.
«... the virtuosity of performance, synchronism, phenomenal memory, and reliance on a stage of the young musicians fascinated and amazed...»
Newspaper "Ekho Nedeli" - 03.16.96.
«... triumphal tour with the governmental delegation in Kirghizia and sounded there words of the president Akaev - "having such children your republic can not be worry about the future".»
Newspaper "Respublika Sakha" - 11.15.96.
«Just another achievement of the Yakutians was the invitation by expert council of the Foundation "New Names of Planet" to participate in the concert presentation in the UNESCO program.
...The post, as the saying goes, obliges but even the head of UNESCO, F.Mayor, danced up and down on a chair during inflammatory performance of our violinists. And after the concert posed with pleasure to the photographers in the circle of children.
...Famous Oleg Lundstrem and the professors of Moscow State Conservatory Gaidamovich, Kastelsky, Bonduryansky assessed properly a professional level of the young musicians from far Yakutia that fired as asterisks on artistic sky and won the heart of Moscow. »
Newspaper "Respublika Sakha" - 02.21.97.
«They begun to play and everything around stopped. The smiling, touching, talented children arrived from far republic of Russia unknown for most. The schoolboys and the teachers tiptoe along corridor and peep through class where they play. Despite all problems the director of musical academy and festival, Rollo Kovac, enjoys that time and children's charm. The Violinists Ensemble of Yakutia (their age from 9 till 11 years) is one of discovery of Rollo Kovac. Each year such discoveries of the talented people enrich the program of academy and concerts of festival in Tours.»
The French newspaper "News of Republic"
- July 14, 1998.
The holding of the International Competition Festival named after Evgeny Alexandrovich Mravinsky becomes good tradition. It's significant that young generation is connected to a name of the Great Musician. The pure and sincere souls of children, joining to perfect Art of Music, carry kindness and pleasure to the people in the world.
On September 26, this year, the concert of the best performers of both competitions was held in a Small Hall of the St.-Petersburg philarmonic society named after Glinka.
The children from Sakha, the Violinists Ensemble of High School of Music (L.Gabysheva, S.Afanasenko) made the best impression on me as well as it was in 1998. They strike by their professional skills, intelligence of disclosing of the contents of compositions, temperament and musical animation. I made certain again that spiritual wealth, in spite of everything, is INEXHAUSTIBLE.
The good envy to this land filled my heart. I offer up praise indefatigably to its President Mr. M.E.Nikolaev, the wise head who understands that by not only bread the man is alive, that the spiritual riches will make residents of this land happy. Unique Musical Herbarium raised by him and already won both the hearts and the love of many tutors and keepers of culture is conclusive confirmation of this.
Alexandra Vavilina-Mravinskaya The professor of the St.-Petersburg Conservatory, honored actress of Russia. 01.10.1999, St.-Petersburg.
Dear Friends!
All of a sudden I heard the wonderful Violinists Ensemble!
Yakutian children play and sound like the Great Violin of the Bolshoi, Yuri Reentovich. If he had been alive and heard your Ensemble he would have been endlessly happy that his idea of Violinists Ensemble was alive and realized by the new generation of young talents of Yakutia.
Even the severe Yakut frost could not hold down music of your brilliant ensemble!!! I wish the health to you and long years of creative life.
Vladislav Piavko The USSR people's actor, academician
10.02.1999, Moscow
I did not expect to hear so. Having listened the Violinists Ensemble from far Yakutia, I had huge satisfaction.
The children are well trained. Each of them plays intelligently and qualitatively with the large interest. The feeling of style and the excellent taste are inherent for them.
The playing of ensemble won the heart by the rich sound and concentration. It's not so simple to achieve the merger in ensemble. This merger in the ensemble of young Yakutians I have felt. Behind it I have seen the large pedagogical work that I like especially.
Children do not understand yet as they are lucky that they have so perfect teachers devoted to their business and art.
V.Y.Ovcharek The honored actor of Russia, head of violin and alto chair The St.-Petersburg State Conservatory, professor
Dear, dear friends!
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE how you play. It is impossible to play so well. I wish you happiness, successes, health, work, work and work. You are perfection!
V.Begletsov The conductor, St.-Petersburg.
