“Arnaud Sussmann…is creating the buzz of a star on the ascent.”

“Sussmann’s Mozart was a miracle in which Carl St. Clair and the Pacific Symphony participated in every way. When Sussmann entered with his rich deep tone, he acknowledged the orchestra, musically, by making the transition seamlessly smooth as if he had been playing along with the violins all the while. [They] interacted in a charming, immaculately smooth performance teased out with historically-informed ornaments and trills and turns. It made Mozart more human, more dimensional, more informal, and allowed the audience to sit back and revel in the sounds made by a violinist who has an innate ability to hit the acoustic sweet spot of whatever hall he’s playing in. Sussmann was glorious.”

“The soloist [is] well into the beginnings of what will surely be [a] prestigious career. Sussmann has performed with orchestras across the globe, and is presenting a season of at least six different concertos and a variety of recital programs. The Tchaikovsky concerto is the quintessential Romantic violin concerto. Sussmann [showed] precise command no matter what the difficulties were, and subtle phrasing … to the lyrical passages, the soul of the work.”

“We are impressed with the concentration shown by the young violin soloist, Arnaud Sussmann. In the first movement the thoughtful playing of the main theme and the wonderful lyricism of the second are intertwined into a convincing whole. The adventurous pianissimo of the opening of the slow movement is played with a gorgeous tone quality and later the soaring high notes elicit gooseflesh. The audience flew to their feet because the playing by Sussmann and the orchestra is of a very high order.”

“Soloist Sussmann had to wait some 100 measures before his dazzling entrance in the opening allegro of the Violin Concerto, but from then on his resonant bowing soared and sang until a long cadenza of trembling arpeggios and glissandos brought the movement to a forceful close…. The standing ovation for the young virtuoso, conductor and orchestra was indeed well-deserved.”

“Sussmann has an old-school sound reminiscent of what you’ll hear on vintage recordings by Jascha Heifetz or Fritz Kreisler, a rare combination of sweet and smooth that can hypnotize a listener. His clear tone [is] a thing of awe-inspiring beauty, his phrasing spellbinding.”

“Arnaud Sussmann’s … recording of Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata at the Menlo Park festival remains a touchstone for greatness.”

“Arnaud Sussmann played his rhythmic part with great expression…Sussmann‟s intonation was spot-on, even in the double-stopped passages on the unusually-tuned lower-strings for the second movement.”

“The stature of a handsome young gentleman, the allure and assurance of an artist …He displayed the confidence, beauty of sound and elegance of the great violinists.”

“The audience loved his stirring performance of the Brahms Violin Concerto, which ended the evening on a high note of sheer lyrical beauty.”

“The prodigious young violinist Arnaud Sussmann and oboist Brent Ross were nimble and eloquent soloists in the Bach Double Concerto.”

“A riveting performance of the Kreutzer Sonata.”

“Top honors go to Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata played by Arnaud Sussmann and Wu Han whose fierce and ardent performance will demolish equally the classical-music-innocent and those who already know better.”