"Brilliant! the closing of the Casals' Festival"
Concert No. 3 for piano and orchestra, Sergei Prokofiev's Op. 26 is of extreme virtuosity for the soloist as well as for the orchestra... and so was demonstrated by pianist Vanessa Perez with an impressive technique serving an interpretation distinguished by its clear and direct phrasing, very appropriate to the modernist attitude of the Russian composer...the pianist, whom the audience wouldn't let abandon the stage without the prior performance of an encore of a charming and dazzling Venezuelan joropo
EL NUEVO DIA (Puerto Rico), March 2008

....showed clear evidence of an exquisite artist, who gives her knowledge with devotion and unlimited generosity, in the manner of the most eminent artists in the history of the keyboard.
La Nacion ( Argentina) October 2008

MOZART WITH A WILD HEART AND A TENDER HAND.
Matinee with Vanessa Perez and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra Dortmund’s Concert House
...The Lucerne Orchestra always makes an effort to highlight the details of a work. In Mozart's Piano Concerto in D-minor KV466 they were much more than a careful accompanying body for the soloist Vanessa Perez. Axelrod made audible how the solo voice and the orchestral sound blend and penetrate each other. An ideal partner was the recipient of a stipend of the Mozart Society, because she combined in her playing a lot of spontaneous freshness and gentle poetic expression. A virtuosa with a wild heart and a gentle touch of her hand is Vanessa Perez. She deeply felt the dramatic Don Giovanni World of the beginning; then she conveyed great calm to the Romanze, with little of the sentimental coating, which many other pianists pour over this movement, which belongs to the most beautiful slow movements which Mozart wrote...
Ruhr Nachrichten : Dortmunder Zeitung, November 2007

....the concerto opened quietly, but merely for a few measures before the orchestra turned into a stately, grand theme and transported us in imagination to a regal court for an important function. In another moment we knew what it was when soloist Vanessa Perez began to play with astonishing clarity and finesse. Not only was her every turn crystalline and pristine, but at the same time she had one passage after another overflowing with emotion. This was lush Beethoven...
Connecticut Post, October 2007

Vanessa Perez was the evening's soloist in the Russian composer's not unfamiliar Piano Concerto No. 2.... brought enviable youthful fire to Rachmaninoff's keyboard warhorse.. the Adagio had a wonderful rapt lyricism, Perez floating the main theme with poetic elegance enhanced by the dark, burnished MSO strings. Marturet and the orchestra provided well-upholstered accompaniment for Perez's high-adrenaline solo work, and the sumptuous climax of the finale made a grand and thrilling impact.
Miami Herald, May 2007

Venezuelan American Pianist is spirited , Hot Blooded pianist , with considerable talent .She has an intuitive musical intelligence that hold’s one interest. Her wide-ranging expression can go inward , and she can unleash a torrent of Passion..
American Record Guide, 2006

Perez can hold her head up high in the most distinguished company in this repertoire.( Ref Chopin Ballades) If anything her Albeniz is even more impressive- impassioned , rich toned and seductively coquettish where appropriate....Perez is on top form and the recording is superb..
International Piano Magazine, May 2006

Venezuelan American pianist Vanessa Perez is not to be taken lightly. She stormed through some beautiful works, most of them nearly unpla yable, at the Venezuelan Embassy on Thursday, her fiery impetuosity proving her technical prowess in works by Villa-Lobos, Albéniz, Ravel and Rachmaninoff....Even Mozart's Sonata in F, K. 332, had muscular energy as she raced through the Allegros. The Adagio was pure grace...
Washington Post , USA December, 2006

"Enchanting and supercharged, the words to describe the Venezuelan pianist Vanessa Perez."
La Provincia, Como, Italy

"It is no wonder that Claudio Arrau was so moved by the technique, musicality and intelligent style of Venezuelan pianist Vanessa Perez; who played at the Kammermusiksaal of the Beethoven's House in the International summer festival "Bonner Sommer" in Bonn. She has incredible virtuosity that you could hear in the Beethoven Sonata op.31 in D minor and the Schumann Symphonic Etudes. Beethoven was interpreted with great musicality, and she does not let the "Tempest" pass you by. Very few times do you hear such a perfect and virtuoso Allegro..."
Bonner Rundschau, Bonn, Germany

"Breathtaking! Her interpretation of Mozart's piano concerto K466 in D minor was impeccable; her version of it was passionate and diaphanous. I have to emphasize the complexity of the cadenza in the first movement of the concerto that took me by surprise, due to her creativity. From the point of view of her expressiveness, I have to thank this pianist's way of playing which moved me in every moment."
El Norte, Monterrey, Mexico

"...the two works by Franz Liszt that ended the evening were unquestionably brilliant. The Mephisto Waltz No.1, which is a veritable encyclopedia of Liszt' s technical innovations, was breathtaking in her hands. The standing Ovation the audience enthusiastically gave her was well deserved"
Fresno, California, USA

"The Chopin Piano Concerto in e minor with Vanessa Perez at the piano, was interpreted with great finesse, brilliant sounds, she was able to achieve the continuous flowing movement and clarity so characteristic of this music."
El Mundo, Caracas, Venezuela

"...warm applause at the Bratuz for the Venezuelan Pianist. Vanessa Perez has proved to be an accomplished artists in her interpretations of the works performed tonight. The Beethoven Sonata ( in e flat major) was majestic, followed by Schumann Symphonic Etudes which besides the great virtuosity which this great work demands, one could follow the complex melodic plot, full of light and shadow , which mirrored the tormented soul of this German composer. The Chopin Fantasie op.49 performed with a diamond touch, never lacked full expression and feeling."
Messagero Veneto, Gorizia, Italy

"...she is an intense pianist, who becomes one with her instrument, physically and spiritually, reaching that strange fusion where composer and interpreter identify. In her recital, she displayed enviable charisma and great virtuosity."
El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, USA

I was very impressed by her genuine talent, musicality, technical ability, but most of all by her sensitivity and temperament, qualities rarely present so together. She should go very far.
Tamàs Vàsàry

A pianist gifted with great talent, technical mastery, and remarkable performance personality.
Lazar Berman

Her level of musical perception and artistic awareness impressed me as much as her total command of the keyboard.
Zubin Mehta

Vanessa possesses a rare gift: irresistible charisma. Her playing is warm, passionate, colorful, combined with superb technique.
Peter Frankl

A pianist whose technique, musicality, and intelligent approach to the music she plays made a profound impression on me. It is not possible to find a young artist today better equipped with all of the necessary qualities that my school of pianists requires from a performer.
Claudio Arrau