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This was music-making the like of which one rarely comes across….Above all, time after time, she displays turns of phrase and expression that simply cannot be taught. . we had been privileged witnesses to a remarkable performance.

John Sidgwick, Culture Kiosque

Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, BBC SO
30 November 2006

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There could be no better way to open a three-concert day devoted to the violin than a solo from Britain’s foremost young fiddler: the 15-year-old Jennifer Pike stepped on to the platform and delivered the prelude (and gavotte en rondeau) from Bach’s Third Partita with perfect poise and assurance, her instrument sounding clear and strong.

The Independent

2 August 2005

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It’s encouraging, in these days when emerging artists can so easily find themselves pushed and over-hyped into an early burnout, to find violinist Jennifer Pike taking the slow and careful route to stardom. Only now, a week after her 16th birthday, has she felt ready to face the toughest and most discriminating audience of all, that of London’s Wigmore Hall. But it was worth the wait. Pike’s growing maturity as an artist was immediately apparent.

Matthew Rye, Daily Telegraph

Wigmore Hall
19 November 2005

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The real zing was located elsewhere: in 15-year-old Jennifer Pike, confidently launching the afternoon Prom with her solo Bach.

The Times

2 August 2005

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Each item here deserved its own star-rating, from the indisputable *nul points* of [name of British composer omitted!!]’s abysmal new piece, to the five of Jennifer Pike’s Saint-Säens *Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso*…..Pike’s Saint-Säens
revealed a truly engaging musicality, and a determination to make even a shamelessly virtuosic showpiece very much her own. Her playing had a nimble thoughtfulness about it, and a shy but assured sense of style.

Hilary Finch, The Times

9 March 2006