Ivory Duo Piano Ensemble
Reviews
If music and art are to be our salvation in these grim times they are to be taken up, appreciated and supported and I’m very glad I didn’t stay in. Ivory Duo are Greek pianists Panayotis Archontides and Natalie Tsaldarakis and they brought with them an adventurous programme of four-handed piano. [...]And with that Bang, the musical year is well underway in these parts. A faint heart that doesn’t brave the elements isn’t rewarded with moments like that.
David Green
Music in Portsmouth 12/1/2023
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‘A totally enchanting album of distinctive new music. Engaging, evocative and finely-structured pieces by Hugh Shrapnel and John Lewis are performed with elegance and panache by Ivory Duo Piano Ensemble.’
Sarah Walker, BBC Radio 3 presenter
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'...The present CD with the title "Romantic Dance Music for Piano Duo" gives the opportunity to its listener to savour samples of the unique artistry of this husband-and-wife duo. [...] Their interpretation, reaches the almost absolute perfect. Top interpretation!'
ThomasTamvakos, musicologist & music critic
TZAZ KAI JAZZ magazine
'your performance was I think a revelation because it demonstrated what a duo can be, much more than the sum of its parts. And when the music is carried with such conviction, then it is really thrilling!'
Michael Chant, composer & Chair of Cornelius Cardew Concerts Trust
'[Cardew's] 1981's Boolavogue for two pianos, impressively rendered by the Ivory Duo.'
Will Stone
Morning Star
'First-rate music, performance, recording and presentation'.
Dave Smith, composer
The Ivory Duo Piano Ensemble, made up of Natalie Tsaldarakis and Panayotis Archontides, plays with confidence and wit; the engineering is first-rate; and the program notes are refreshingly full.
Peter J. Rabinowitz
Issue 44:6 (July/Aug 2021) of Fanfare Magazine.
Tsaldarakis and Archontides have clearly developed a strong affinity for this music, and a close relationship with the two composers, and their performances are strong throughout, contrasting well the thicker chordal textures with bright melodies (often in bell-like octaves), and enjoying the jazz-infused melodies. A very enjoyable discovery.
Nick Boston, Classical Notes, October 2020