“Conductor Ian Niederhoffer has accomplished two impressive feats by the age of 25. First, he has established Parlando, a chamber orchestra, and secondly, he has found an audience… he is charismatic, enthusiastic and articulate, which together with his undeniable skills as a musician, makes for a winning combination.”
— New York classical review
“Niederhoffer makes good on [Parlando’s] motto, ‘Every concert tells a story.’ But smart, unusual programming on this level fosters a gripping narrative of its own, too.”
— The New York Times
“The Grosse Fuge came across compellingly. It takes a certain amount of energy and articulation to keep 24 instrumentalists from simply sounding overly heavy and Niederhoffer achieved this, with the lyrical moments played with shape and character.”
— The Strad
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Praised for his elegance and dynamism on the podium, Ian Niederhoffer — the winner of three prizes at the 2021 Khachaturian International Conducting Competition — stands out as a “charismatic, enthusiastic and articulate” leader, which, “together with his undeniable skills as a musician, makes for a winning combination” (New York Classical Review).
Named a Rising Star in BBC Music Magazine’s January 2024 issue, he is a confident and expressive communicator of music, context, and ideas; writing about his performance with Parlando of Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge, arranged for string orchestra, The Strad praised “the lyrical moments, [which were] played with shape and character.”
“Ian Niederhoffer makes good on [Parlando’s] motto: ‘Every concert tells a story’,” wrote The New York Times about Parlando’s program that featured Kaija Saariaho’s stunning violin concerto Graal Théâtre. “But smart, unusual programming on this level fosters a gripping narrative of its own, too.”
