"and suddenly we understand, why recently so much people like the Pannon Philharomic"
Miklós Fáy (Népszabadság)

"the orchestra follows with great precision the unbelievable changes of tempo, we can't anymore distinguish between making music and virtuoso performance"

Gergely Fazekas (Népszabadság)

"The Pannon Philharmonic proved another time: the ensemble is not only good in comparison with something or somebody, but absolutely, too. This is good to know. And it might happen, that in 2010 the Pannon Pilharmonic will not be the surprise, but the leading actor of the european competition"
Gábor Mesterházi (ECHO)

"As we met at Budapest, Maxim Vengerov told me, how much he liked Pécs, where he had a rehearsal with the orchetra and Zsolt Hamar the day before the concert. That thsi was not only a polite word, is proved by the fact, that for the two "encore"s during the concert at Budapest the world-wide well-known artist has not choosen soli, but performed both with the orchestra. We have to mark, that during the second, he improvized all the time, but the orchestra was right up to the end in total harmony with him."
Fidelio

"I highly estimated before the two leading symphonic orchestras of Budapest, the National Symponic and the Festival-Orchestra, but I didn' hear before of the Pannon Philharmonic. Now I convinced myself that this is - even on international level - a first-class orchestra and I am really happy, that in 2010 Pécs will be one of the European Culture Capitals, and for this, they will build a new concert-hall in the city. This will be a real possibility for the orchestra to develop further."
Maxim Vengerov (Magyar Hírlap)

“The best Orchestra outside of the capital“ 

Zoltán Kocsis, (Dunántúli Napló (Transdanubian Daily)

„The concert shows, that the orchestra of Pécs lost its „“rural character“ and its leader his title of a „young talent“. We have to take them seriously“
Gábor Szilágyi (CafeMomus)

„The Orchestra play‘s very nice, the sound of the pianos is wonderful in all movements“
Attila Deák (Papirusz, about the Mahler album)

„We hear an orchestra making lively music, the auditor would like to loose himself in the music“ 
Katalin Fittler, Zenekar, (Orchestra) – about the Bartók album

„Excellent musicians sit in the orchestra and Hamar is leading them with a sure hand, a lot of sovereignity and musical zest“
Bosiljka Peria Kempf Muska (Croatia) about the Bartók album

„The symbiosis between clarinet and first violins resulted in velvet and powerful sounds. The difficult entry of the woodwind instruments during the second movement was crystal-clear“ 
Fruzsina Szuromi (Fidelio, about the Nobilissima Visione by Hindemith, which had been presented during the Álom (Dream) concert)

„If we look at the recording of the orchestra of Pécs between all others, we can assure, that the disc is worth its place. The quality of its sound is perfect, the movements are build up well and impressive“
Gábor Szilágyi (CafeMomus, about the Mahler album)

„Zsolt Hamar and his promising orchestra produced a laudable performance“
Balázs Zay (Gramofon, about the Mahler album)

„We could hear wonderful soli, which harmonically fit in the whole play."
Katalin Fittler, Zenekar, (Orchestra) about the Álom (Dream) concert

„The program announced with the title of „Truth“ showed a nearly fabulous-idealistic working-out. (...) A big challenge, which required a lot of stamina from all performers. For the time being the musicians of Pécs had the possibility to give their best. And they did it."
Katalin Fittler, Zenekar, (Orchestra) – about the Valóság (Truth) concert) 

„We have to wait until the end. Roma hasn’t been built in one day, neither. And a symphonic orchestra is a much more difficult thing, than an empire“
Miklós Fáy (Népszabadság, in connection with the Víz (Water) concert

„This orchestra might not only become the first of the region, but the leading one of Hungary, too“ 

Gábor Mesterházi (ECHO, in connectiob with the Víz (Water) concert

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