"...I can't think of a soloist that I would rather hear play 'Rhapsody in Blue'. His performance is cool, clean, stylist, rhythmically astute." (Reviewing the Fantasia 2000 soundtrack album--Dec. 31, 1999)
Mark Swed
Los Angeles Times
“Ralph Grierson contributed a superb version of the harpsichord part ...achieving that rare fusion of both natural-sounding musicality and fidelity to the rhythmically flexible conventions of correct Baroque performing style.” (Bach’s “A Minor Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord”)
John Rockwell
Los Angeles Times
“Michael Tilson Thomas and Ralph Grierson played it with incredible vivacity and precision... they deserved their standing ovation.” (Review of Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”)
Martin Bernheimer
Los Angeles Times
“Ralph Grierson provided the highlight of the evening with an outstanding performance of Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F and with strong technique, fine sense of phrasing, he brings out the emotional quality of Gershwin... Grierson and his considerable talent deserves an encore showing.” (Performance with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra)
Joseph Thesken
San Diego Tribune
“Grierson’s performance fairly exploded on stage. He provided the most brilliant bravura.” (Premiere of Liquid Strata by Morton Subotnick)
Donna Perlmutter
Herald Examiner
“Ralph Grierson has chops on keyboards... pure musical virtuosity, combined magically with instinct and feel to produce the perfect sound for the situation.” (“Session Men: The Great Unsung Heroes of Pop”)
Richard J. Pietschmann
Sound and Music
“... its internal logic, and the imagination and musicianship behind it, lend the composer credibility as a master of experimental music.” (“Ralph Grierson” Soundpage)
