“What he gave us in the clarinet concerto, the suggestive playfulness, the imagination in just about every little detail is completely exceptional. I would also like to add that he showed us the enchanting duality of the work. On the one hand, the childlike simplicity, onn the other hand, the permeating purity that runs like a common thread throughout the concert. This duality appeared in an incredibly fine way in Kevin Spagnolo’s fantastically suggestive and very, very virtuoso clarinet playing.”
— Bartók Radio , about the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with Swedish Chamber Orchestra, in Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest
“It was clear that the charismatic Kevin Spagnolo was not only the star of the evening, but also a musician whose career we will definitely want to continue to follow.”
“The performance reached such a high level of artistic expression that it left the impression of a programme-defining work and revealed the full genius of Mozart’s unique inspiration.”
“not only with bravura technique, but with an unusually coherent and precisely shaped tone, virtuously refined articulation and phrasing rarely heard in such harmony with the orchestra.”