Reviews

Reviews in the newspapers

"The [Nielsen] concerto is considered one of the most difficult in the clarinet repertory, with lightning sequences of notes, rapid staccato passages and shifting moods that require the performer to play with lyric warmth one moment and baleful power the next.

Clarinetist Ran Kampel not only displayed a mastery of the work’s most difficult passages but pulled them off with style, injecting them with a sizzle of excitement. In his tone, he showed a great range–rounded, warm and even in lyric passages, eerie through much of the work and in one passage, sounding like the edge of a howling wind, as he pierced the thunder of the orchestra."

-David Fleshler, South Florida Classical Review
February 21st, 2016

"Ran Kampel’s opening clarinet solo was finely burnished and the first string tremolo emerged with chilling intensity."
-Lawrence Budmen, South Florida Classical Review
March 12th, 2017

"Ran Kampel’s deep-toned clarinet all brought this delightful piece of entertainment music to vivid life."

-Lawrence Budmen, South Florida Classical Review
March 6th, 2017

"Particularly fine solo work from flutist Masha Popova, clarinetist Ran Kampel and bassoonist Sean Maree highlighted a refreshingly straightforward reading."

-Lawrence Budmen, South Florida Classical Review
November 21st, 2016

"Playing the E-flat clarinet, which represents the doomed jokester Till Eulenspiegel, Ran Kampel brought out the humor, humanity and final desperation of the character as he faces execution."

      -David Fleshler, South Florida Classical Review
October 16th, 2016

"…and clarinetist Ran Kampel’s lyrical flights highlighted a sharp-edged performance."

"Masha Popova’s piccolo and Kampel’s E flat clarinet captured the raw, indigenous street sounds…"
        -Lawrence Budmen, Miami Herald
                                                                     April 20th, 2015

"A laughing clarinet (Ran Kampel) regaled the crowd. The NWS sounded terrific as did the soloists..."
                                                                              -Steve Gladstone, Miamiartzine
                                                                                    December 12th, 2014


"Ran Kampel’s glissy clarinet solos captured the essence of Copland’s 1930s music"
-Dorothy Hindman, Miami Herald
December 7th, 2014

"The warm sonority of Ran Kampel’s clarinet solos"
-Lawrence Budmen, Miami Herald
October 18th,2014

"The orchestra's clarinets played pristinely."    -Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk, mLive
November 23rd, 2013

"Yoo and the orchestra topped this in the second movement. They created a hypnotizing effect with the easy swing of the triple meter, while clarinetist Ran Kampel contributed excellent solo work."

    -Mark Arnest, GAZETTE - Colorado Springs
June 16th, 2010

"Deserving special kudos were oboist Xiaodi Liu..... and clarinetist Ran Kampel."

   -Kyle MacMillan, Denver Post Fine Arts Critic June 18th, 2009

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