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Selected press reviews:
Interview with Yaira Yonne in the Schweizer Musikzeitung
April 4, 2007 by Blanka Siska
Interview (in German)
West-Eastern Diwan: Orchester Liestal in Concert
"With her purposeful, concentrated conducting Yaire successfully concluded the concert with Dvorak's "American" Suite."
Basellandschaftliche Zeitung, May 3, 2007
Complete/Incomplete: Orchester Liestal in Concert
"The Liestal Orchester had conceptualized their program carefully ... conductor Yaira Yonne lead her musicians with clear, matter-of-fact gestures and distinct dynamic differentiations."
Nikolaus Cybinski, Basellandschaftliche Zeitung, November 7, 2006
Romanticism: Orchester Liestal in Concert
"Yaira Yonne brought out an unprecedented intensity in the strings. The orchestra developed its strength in the tutti parts without overloading or straining them."
Barbara Nüesch, Basellandschftliche Zeitung, November 14, 2005
OBO: an evening with Pierre Favre
"At its recent concert the Oberwalliser Blasorchester played three compositions with and by Pierre Favre ... Yaira Yonne conducted Favre's rhythmically very demanding music very expertly."
Walliser Bote, December 2001
Echo in the staircase
"Aceras is an extraordinary ensemble. The way the musicians reach a precision that easily compares to the world's best-known orchestras may be related to its conductor, Yaira Yonne, who leads the ensemble concisely and in a differentiated way. Yonne conducts in such a way that even as a listener you gain the impression that you could play along at any time - as you could get everything from her, and always feel safe and sheltered by this great muscian."
David Wohnlich, Basler Zeitung, April 3, 2001
Concertino Basel in the Festsaal: flickering thirds
"With his variations over a Ländler by Schubert Detlev Müller-Siemens has created a classic of the postmodern era, which, however, has noting stale about it. And the interpretation was smart and lissom, ignited by the intoxicating conductor Yaira Yonne and realized by the ensemble, which was wide awake."
Sigfried Schibli, Basler Zeitung, February 22, 2001
Dido and Aeneas: scenic fireworks and music of stirring beauty
"The nearly perfect musical implementation came as a surprise. Conducted by Yaira Yonne all participants were at the top of their form at the premiere. The Ensemble Musicuria convinced with a compact and very dynamic performance upon which the actors could rely at any time. Alos, the orchestra was tied into the scenic performance, which is still dine rarely enough ...
The eight voice choir (instructed by Yaira Yonne) was simply ravishing and of course also found perfect acoustic conditions in the Rathaushalle. It was in the ensemble and choir parts that the grandeur of Purcell's music was unfolded entirely. It came as no surprise that the audience was intoxicated by the opera and applauded vigorously."
Georg Fromm, Die Südostschweiz, July 22, 2000
"Conducting means lively communication of music."
Yaira Yonne