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).
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.