REVIEW QUOTES AND ENDORSEMENTS

As conductor:
“The pinnacle-and perhaps of the festival-was a wonderful performance of the Haydn piano concerto in D major led by Scott Dunn from the piano……he is a conductor of great promise, a pianist of note, and a sensitive and intelligent artist. All of the elements (of the concerto) came together to give the audience an experience closer to heaven than most of us will get in this lifetime……I cannot praise Mr. Dunn’s conducting too highly.  …. I expect to hear more in the future about this fine performer” The East Hampton Star

“(At Vox) credit goes to the accomplished conductor… Scott Dunn..” The New York Times

“a remarkable and versatile conductor and pianist who should be afforded every opportunity”  composer, Lukas Foss

“…conductor Scott Dunn is marvelously sensitive, organized, collegial and committed. He mastered the intricacies and rhythmic difficulties (of my opera Lysistrata) seemingly at sight.”  composer, Mark Adamo

"a singular and valuable musician"   composer, Ned Rorem

As piano soloist:
"gifted indeed - an abundance of technique and musicality. Clearly born to play the piano….” Los Angeles Times

“Pianist Scott Dunn, associate conductor of the Pittsburgh Opera, was suave, masterly, insouciant, nostalgic and exuberant in the opening set of four works by Joplin (Solace, a Mexican Serenade, Paragon Rag, Bethena, a Concert Waltz and Maple Leaf Rag") …(and he) was absolutely riveting in meeting the infernal rhythmic and expressive demands of Rzewski's pro-labor "Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues." Los Angeles Times

“In a time when we are beset with young emergent performers of limited repertory delivered with unlimited flamboyance, the splendid pianist Scott Dunn’s varied and visionary program was remarkable……” LA Weekly

" ….an honest and rigorous performance (of the Duke concerto)" The New York Times

"A truly remarkable command of the keyboard"  
Elliott Carter

“FORMIDABLE!”
Nicholas Slonimsky

As collaborative pianist:
" Among the  highpoints (of the Bernstein song night at Ojai) were the impeccable piano of Scott Dunn" The Wall Street Journal

 “ It was in fact the piano – so expressively played by Scott Dunn – that set out and sustained each song’s compass (in the world premiere of Ned Rorem’s Another Sleep)” The New York Times

“Underpinning all this was the superbly nuanced, technically brilliant pianism of Scott Dunn.” Pittsburgh Post Gazette

“Mr. Dunn’s performance was electrifying…Not every good pianist can be a good accompanist. Scott Dunn is a superb pianist and he was extraordinary in his phrase by phrase attentiveness and his clear understanding of the singer’s art.” The Southampton Press