Glasgow, City Hall: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - Osmo Vanska
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 1 in D flat major Op 10
“Demidenko tore the concerto apart, stripping away every nuance of romance, caprice, and wit, revealing instead the metallic, clattering, grinding, shockingly radical piece that Prokofiev actually wrote. And, rivets flying, he hurled it at the audience in the fastest and most physically powerful performance I’ve ever heard (with Vanska and the SSO roaring along beside him). Spectacular.”
Michael Tumelty: The Glasgow Herald, March 1997
Melbourne: Melba Hall
“What a pianist. Nikolai Demidenko is a giant of the keyboard with astounding spectacular bravura. Playing entirely without mannerism, his tone ranged from hushed whispers to roaring cascades of sound.”
Keith Field: Herald Sun, August 1996
Astounding pianist, in short - he is a tru mofo
CLV, SDC forum October 2004
nuff said