All the Press

Ludmila & Arthur perform Bizet, Ravel, Gershwin and Tsfasman live on France Musique's saturday show "Générations France Musique"

Ludmila Berlinskaya is the guest of Yasmine Chouaki, who makes her sound portrait in her program "En sol majeur".

"Essential listening (...) you can sense Berlinskaya and Ancelle grinning. All great fun – you need this CD."

Frédéric Hutman video interviews Ludmila Berlinskaya for Akadem, about Gershwin / Tsfasman and Vronsky / Babin

5 Diapasons
"Ludmila Berlinskaia and Arthur Ancelle are the advocates of a figure as original as he is unknown in the West: Alexander Tsfasman. His Jazz Suite is a delight, dazzling with lightness and charm. The performers' skill and cohesion are also marvelous in Gershwin's skilful arrangements for two pianos. A beautiful fireworks display."

"Ten years ago, these two French and Russian pianists met around the formation for two pianos that they have since contributed to bring to its highest level. This CD brings together two composers influenced by jazz, one American, the other Soviet. (...) The duet reaches the ultimate in homogeneity, freedom and a jubilant rhythmic sense."

"For ten years, the Franco-Russian duo has been reaching the summits of the repertoire for two pianos. (...) The two of them are a model of accomplishment. (...) Between jazz and classical music, as virtuoso as they are inventive, Ludmila Berlinskaya and Arthur Ancelle create magnificent orchestral atmospheres, audacious worlds alternately adorned with elegance or fantasy, in a saving bulimia of dreams, joy and music."

"All the pieces by this little-known composer, presented in this recording, exude a rhythmic ease and melodic solidity which, in our opinion, deserve a wider audience, even if one often notices a touch of rigidity in comparison with the inimitable plasticity of Gershwin's compositions. This observation in no way affects the enthusiasm and immense technical qualities of Ludmila Berlinskaya and Arthur Ancelle, who are capable of drawing us into the heart of these works for our greatest pleasure."

CHOC de Classica
"As virtuoso as it is rigorous, the playing of Ludmila Berlinskaya and Arthur Ancelle has the indispensable qualities (balance of textures, rhythmic mastery, precision) to venture into a repertoire that also demands panache, insouciance and audacity. (...) A tour de force."

Culture sur Mesure Podcast
"The piano duo Ludmila Berlinskaya and Arthur Ancelle offer a fabulous album to their public. (...) An absolutely superb album, which carries in it all that we love. The perfection of the interpretations, the enthusiasm of the artists who carry the project, important and salutary musical discoveries."

"For ten years, the Franco-Russian couple Arthur Ancelle and Ludmila Berlinskaya have formed one of the most beautiful duos of pianists in the world. (...) It's a winning bet for the Berlinskaya-Ancelle duo, who dazzle and move us with their sparkling, airy, tender and lyrical playing."

Interview of the duo by Carmen Lunsmann on French international radio RFI, about Gershwin - Tsfasman

Interview of the duo about the Gershwin - Tsfasman album

"The result is a multi-colored record that unites two musical styles to form a unique work that is perfectly rendered and gives the impression of a mischievous cat bouncing on the keys of two pianos. (...) There is something truly addictive about this music that music that one listens to again and again."

"CD review" radio show on Radio România Muzical is dedicated to Gershwin / Tsfasman

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"Not only do pianists Ludmila Berlinskaya and Arthur Ancelle bring the two composers together on the same album of delicious swing. They really make dialogue between their works, arranged and transposed by various artists with as much skill as imagination. (...) A beautiful discovery."

"Celebrating 10 years together, the Russo-French duo of Berlinskaya and Ancelle offer a stunning display of tone, touch, timing and teamwork. Variously cultured and earthy, dizzying and glittering, their pianism fuses liberal imagination, rhythmic flexibility and swing with classical attention to detail and articulation. Unmissable."

"In refreshing alternation, Ludmila Berlinskaya and Arthur Ancelle interpret jazz compositions by two extraordinary composers. (...) The two pianists have a pronounced sensitivity to jazz stylistics, which distinguishes the recording throughout."

"Ludmila Berlinskaya and Arthur Ancelle, for the tenth anniversary of their duo for two pianos, magnificently mirror two composers who brought together jazz and classical music. Popular songs and original compositions come together in two superb versions of The Man I Love."

"What a thrill to listen to such a record, it is exhilarating, it is played in such a beautiful way, with a flame, an energy, a virtuosity, a brio but also a lot of charm, a lot of elegance, never bad taste (...) Ludmila Berlinskaya and Arthur Ancelle who are, for years now, one of the greatest piano duos existing on this planet."