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"Disarmingly direct and totally charming."
— Ovation Magazine
"Haskell Small is the sort of pianist that can take the music of Scarlatti or Mussorgsky, music that many pianists smother in stylistic kindness, and get right to its essence. He does this with fine technique backed with surprising strength, a sense of dramatic pacing, and a sure feeling for the integrity of the music."
— The Washington Post (Joan Reinthaler)
"One should remember his name as he belongs to that diminishing group of pianists with whose playing one can hardly find any fault. From the first chords onwards he succeeds in creating that state- in reality so difficult to achieve- but which appears to be effortless, of just sitting there and 'only' listening to music."
— Die Welt, Berlin
"Small audibly and gratifyingly gave his all."
- The New York Times (Anna Kisselgoff)
"The entire performance was clean and full of subtleties."
- The Sioux City Journal
"Technical prowess became poetry. Small wove a spell...sheer musicality...each note a liquid jewel."
- The Washington Post (Sunil Freeman)
"Small's reading of the Goldberg (Variations) sounds beautiful... The great assets of Small's own pianism - among them, unerring taste and clarity - serve the music very well."
- American Record Guide
"Everything he touches turns to pianistic gold."
- 20th Century Music Magazine
Featured in the News
Profile in The Washington Post (April 2022)
About Haskell Small’s recovery and return back to music after his stroke.
Michael Brodeur
Cover Story in The Beacon (August 2022)
About Haskell Small’s recovery and return back to music after his stroke.
Stuart Rosenthal
Haskell Small and his colleagues from the Washington Conservatory of Music remind us why music inspired Einstein to say, "I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in music".
Featured in a TedMed Talk (2013)
Live Interview on Juhl Media (Sep 29, 2021)
Haskell Small on music compositions, piano performance, stroke
Ching Juhl