REVIEWS:
 

Berliner Zeitung (Feb. 2008)
A Sprite, an Ass and a Dented Wheel - Jan Brachmann
The Washington Post (Feb. 2008)
Pianist Soheil Nasseri: Local Boy Does Pretty Good - Anne Midgette
The New York Sun (Nov. 2005)
Rough-and-Tumble Sonatas - Fred Kirshnit
The New Yorker (Feb. 2005).
"Warm, elegant, unaffected musicianship" - Alex Ross
The New York Times (Nov. 2004).

Offering Beethoven With Crisp Lines, but Softened by 'Moonlight' - Allan Kozinn

Giornale di Sicilia (May 2004).

Nasseri at Teatro Massimo: He Has a Great Talent, the Young Pianist - Pietro Misuraca

The New York Times (Sept. 2002).
A Young Pianist With a Big Appetite
-
Allan Kozinn
New York Concert Review (Fall 2001).
"Something akin to the young Alfred Brendel at his pristine best."
-Harris Goldsmith

 


TELEVISION:
 

Voice of America (VOA Iran)

June 1, 2008
A 7-minute profile of Soheil Nasseri in Farsi.

 

Watch the 7-minute clip in Flash format.

 

WABC Eyewitness News (Ch. 7), New York City.

March 6, 2004
Soheil Nasseri's extensive work in bringing classical music to New York Public Schools is profiled.

 

"A one-man crusade...the modern-day 'Mr. Holland's Opus.'
It's just amazing how he engages these kids...it's all about his passion."

 

Download the 3-minute clip in MOV format (can be opened by Quicktime/Windows Media/Real Player).

 


RADIO:
 

Zu Gast with Andreas Knaesche
Kulturradio Berlin (rbb) 92,4 of Berlin, Germany
A ten-minute interview in German with Soheil Nasseri discussing his Berlin debut,
life in Berlin, Beethoven, his teacher Karl Ulrich Schnabel, etc. (April 2007)
 

Listen to this interview (mp3).


The Song is You with Bonnie Grice
WLIU (88.3 FM) of Southampton, NY
KCLU of Santa Barbara/Thousand Oaks, California
A one-hour interview with Soheil Nasseri in which he chooses pieces to broadcast on air
and discusses a range of topics including his passion for the American Ballet Theatre. (Sept. '03)
 

Listen to this interview in RealPlayer streams (dialup users / broadband users).
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OTHER RECENT PRESS:
 

Former Richard Mongtomery student returns with honor
The Gazette (Montgomery County, Maryland) - February 13, 2008

Beethoven Challenge: A Pianist's Labor of Obsession
The Baltimore Examiner - September 19, 2007

Learning the Score: Why Brahms belongs in the classroom.
“Nasseri certainly has a knack for talking to kids.” -Alex Ross
The New Yorker - September 4, 2006

Making the Classics Rock: How Old Tunes Are Turned Hip and Hoppin'
New York Post - March 20, 2004

 

He Mixes Rap & Rimsky-Korsakov

New York Daily News - March 16, 2004

 

Forgetting Manhattan with a Home at the “Capo”

La Sicilia - June 11, 2004

 

You love the classics? Let's start from rap

Giornale di Sicilia - May 4, 2004

 


OTHER RECENT PRESS:
   


-Time Out London (March 2008)


-The New York Times (March 2006)





-The New Yorker (November 2005)



-The New York Times (March 2005)


-The New Yorker (March 2004)
Goings On About Town: Classical Music Recitals


-The New Yorker (Sept. 2003)
Goings On About Town: Classical Music Recitals


-Gotham Magazine (Sept. 2002)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?




-New York Post (February 2003, March 2003 and October 2006)
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