hiː hˈæzbiːn pɹˈeɪzd æz "wˈʌn ʌvðə fˈaɪnɪst ɐmˈɛɹɪkən pˈiənɪsts tə kˈʌm ɐlˈɔŋ ɪn jˈɪɹz" hˈaʊɚd ɹˈaɪx, ʃᵻkˈɑːɡoʊ tɹˈɪbjuːn, "...fʊlfˈɪlɪŋ ɐ kɹaɪtˈiəɹɪən wˌɪtʃ wˈʌn ˈoʊnli nˈoʊz fɹʌm ɡɹˈeɪt tʃəpˈɪnɪsts sˈʌtʃ ɐz ɹˈuːbɪnstˌaɪn, bˌɛnɪdˈɛɾimˈɪtʃɪlˌændʒɛli ænd dˈɪnuː lɪpˈæɾi" wˈɪnfɹid wˈaɪld, ʃwˈiːbɪʃ zˈaɪɾʌŋ, dʒˈɜːməni.
He has been praised as "one of the finest American pianists to come along in years" (Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune), "...fulfilling a criterion which one only knows from great Chopinists such as Rubinstein, Benedetti-Michelangeli and Dinu Lipatti" (Winfried Wild, Schwaebische Zeitung, Germany).