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LEON BATES IN VIENNA: "Leon Bates was top performance with '
Rhapsody in Blue:' Brilliant, powerful, a virtuoso. He has Gershwin in his
little fingers, in his spirit, and in his intellect."        --Vienna Symphony

LEON BATES IN NEW YORK: "Rarer still is the artist who can
carry off as wise an interpretive touch..."              --New York Times

LEON BATES IN SAN FRANCISCO: "Even on a day like Sunday
when the piano was king on The City's concert circuit, Leon Bates
merits at least a duchy of his own."                     --San Francisco Chronicle

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LEON BATES WITH THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA: "His firm rhythmic sense was
not unyielding. He made the jaunty sol o passages sound like elegant improvisations... He gave such impetus
to the first movement that he was interrupted by applause at the end."               ---Philadelphia Inquirer

LEON BATES IN DETROIT: "...catch Bates when you can. He will be one of the great ones."
                                                                                                                               --Detroit Free Press

LEON BATES IN IRELAND: "Mr. Bates has all the brilliance wanted. but so much more. Just after
the opening there is a magnificent cadenza to which Mr. Bates gave full value, but with great power that
was never hard, and always lyrical, and cascades of notes that all made melody."   --Irish Times

BATES IN ITALY: "Leon Bates alone succeeded in giving the music its explosive power, dramatic
character and unmistakable color... Bates is a formidable pianist and a virtuoso..."             
                                                                                                                                --La Repubblica, Rome

BATES IN AMERICA: "... he is an artist of powerful impact."                       --High Fidelity/Musical America
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