"Mr. Tatafiore possesses a towering technique, but the listener is not drawn to the technique per se; rather the technique serves to bring the music expressiveness to the highest level" "Musicianship and performance like this are exceedingly rare"

  Prof. Dr. Jonathan Irving - Queens College, CUNY

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   "...Tatafiore's approach to the opening theme... was lyrical and emotional. He powerfully mastered the most dramatic moments..."  "...The pianist seemed to face the theme of the Intermezzo as a challenge too, transforming it into a series of variegated variations..."

   "...The Finale was all brilliance and virtuosity..."  "...He played the Chopin's Nocturne in B major Op. 62/1 as a meltingly meditative Andante"

  Arno Preiser - Fuerstenfeldbrucker Tagblatt, March 29, 2003

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   "...I was greatly impressed by Mr. Tatafiore's performance, which reached such a degree of perfection that the listener can forget the piece's enormous technical difficulties and just appreciate its extremely beautiful imagery. As a Russian born and educated musician, I can say that Mr. Tatafiore fully revealed the very Russian idiom of the Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto in D minor Op. 30 with its lyricism, drama, grotesque imagery, archaic tunes and grandeur..."

  Mark Pakman - Concert Pianist

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