Gareth Johnson Violinist

The New York Times
...having won the 2002 Junior Division of the  International-Texaco Sphinx Competition,  Mr. Johnson was proclaimed to possess “prodigious musical gifts—like Joshua Bell or Maxim Vengerov…he dominates the stage.” 

The Naples News

…"Not since the teenaged Joshua Bell first captivated concert-goers with his remarkable talents have we been privileged to hear such a gifted young violinist......with a maturity far beyond his years.....incredible musical communication.....notes so delicately and gloriously intoned.....a rare talent indeed.....undeniable musical genius.....a soft-spoken violinist who stood, almost still, on an empty stage and created magic.

The Washington Post

…18-year-old violinist Gareth Johnson, a multi-award winner, who offered impressive accounts of Mozart's Violin Concerto in D, K. 218, and Saint-Saens's "Havanaise," Op. 83. About the same age as Mozart when he wrote the concerto, Johnson conveyed all the Allegro's fusion of youthful élan and courtly grace, the sweetly rounded lyricism of the Andante and the Rondeau's playful wit. He showed himself to be a confident soloist who combines sensitive control of the bow with right-on intonation and nicely detailed phrasing. Johnson's version of the "Havanaise" again exhibited all these qualities in a properly nostalgic way, plus a welcome bravado and sonorous depth.