Charles Olivieri-Munroe

"A cross between Furtwangler and the young van Karajan" suddeutche zeitung

"Deserves much credit for adventuresome programming"

New York Times

"Conductor parexcellence!"

London Review

"Olivieri-Munroe gave a colourful detailed performance of Dvorak's Rusalka that could not fail to involve the audience as much as the orchestra."

Sunday Times

"Dazzling audiences since he won the 2000 Prague Spring Festival's Conducting Competition"

Prague Post

"The leitmotif of the concert was clarity of sound. Convincing was its beauty and elegance which the young Canadian conductor, Charles Olivieri-Munroe elicited from the Philharmonic and how effectively he transformed lyricism to enormous passion in Tchaikovsky's First Symphony 'Winter Dreams'."

Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein

"...a specialist in Czech repertoire. This was quickly evident in the superior performance of Smetana's Sarka. This was the cream of the concert in purely performance terms, the Calgary Philharmonic performing with coiled energy and gracious lyricism as the music demanded. The CPO responded well to Olivieri-Munroe's clear and efficient conducting, the musical texture transparent and well balanced."

Calgary Herald

"Olivieri-Munroe proved a spirited, engaging and even charismatic conductor. A committed romanticist, he was fully attentive to coloristic and dramatic

opportunities, and his fine sense of line seemed always guided by an equally fine sense of structure."  

San Antonio Express

"...wie eine mischung aus Furtwangler und jungem Karajan"

Sudewestdeutsche Zeitung

"An excellent showcase for Olivieri-Munroe's accomplished conducting style. Of all the guest conductors I have seen this year, this natural leader put on the most engaging podium performance."

Edmonton Journal

"The Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra once again proved that under strong and inspirational leadership it is able to flourish. Precisely that type of leadership was demonstrated with distinct gestures clearly expressing the inner workings of the music led by the young Canadian conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe."

Prague Lidovy Noviny

"Charles Olivieri-Munroe showed off a broad, smooth expressive style with wonderful shaping of contrasts and punching up of rythmic elements... In fact he so energized the musicians of the TSO that this reviewer hopes he makes many many return visits. The overall effect was the sonic equivalent of watching one's first DVD after years of mediocre VHS cassettes. The orchestra was crisp and balanced with memorable verve."

Toronto Star

"Olivieri-Munroe proved to be an abvious candidate for the position of chief

conductor for the Holland Symfonia: he conducts in a competent and authoritative way, with elegant, suggestive, original and effective gestures. The well played varied and ambiguous music by Shostakovitch sounded the way it should: exciting and virtuosic, but also mature."

NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands national newspapers), Kasper Jansen

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