Duo Concertante

"They covered themselves in musical glory, so convincingly and so wholeheartedly did they play. The audience appeared to be not just delighted but delirious as they called them back for several curtain calls."
The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax

"Duo Concertante made a powerful case for thinking of violin/piano sonatas as duo music, rather than as music for a pianist and a violinist...The Ravel [Sonata] avoided all of the traps: elegant, but not effete; powerful, but not rough; serene, but not conventionally "romantic" at all. It caught the mood of that strange movement - so vivid and so remote - very well...[In the] "Kreutzer" you could hear absolutely everything, and also had perfect confidence that the players knew where they were going at all times. Close your eyes and you hear splendid, sweet little nuances everywhere; open them, and the first thing that comes into your head is "My God, they never look at one another at all!"...Smetana's From My Homeland was brilliant, saucy and soulful and supremely confident. And Kelly-Marie Murphy's Dance Me to your Beauty with a Burning Violin, written for Duo Concertante, caught everything essential about the two players and their partnership. For Dahn there were furious cadenzas; for Steeves, tinkling arabesques at the top of the keyboard; for both (most tellingly), two long sections in a fast quintuple meter with intricately interlocking rhythms that both players nailed like competitive archers putting the arrow nonchalantly through the bullseye the fiftieth time in a row. I think Kelly-Marie Murphy knows these two musicians very well. Call it a double portrait."
San Francisco Classical Voice

"One doesn't listen to a program of violin music here, but to real chamber music, as it should be. Suspended between poetry and romance, the fluidity of the piano intertwines intimately with the poignancy of the violin. Never do [they] sacrifice beauty of sound for the sake of virtuosity, making it obvious that, for [Dahn and Steeves], impeccable technique never gets in the way of artistry."
La Scena Musicale

"Dahn and Steeves are superb musicians"
The Wholenote Magazine

"Duo Concertante play exceptionally well together...The unifying element here is not so much the attractive repertoire as the exceptional warmth and intimacy of its presentation."
The Ottawa Citizen

"Vigorous, passionate, red-blooded and romantic. Dahn and Steeves make a strong, sympathetic and like-minded pair."
Rick Phillips, CBC Sound Advice

"Two packages of musical dynamite that would credit any stage in any city in any continent on the planet!...They [play] with the kind of virtuosity that doesn't draw attention to itself but makes you hold your breath anyway."
The Chronicle Herald, Halifax

"Their approach is serious, free of fuss and showiness; both have plenty of technique which they put entirely at the service of the music. In close rapport, their phrasing and expression are unanimous. These two fine players deserve a much wider hearing."
New York Concert Review (Edith Eisler)

"The wonderful teamwork of this pair [brings] out subtleties and nuances that are lost when lesser teams attempt them. Their level of preparation is really stunning, the fruit of close partnership for some years now. They work together with uncanny perfection, and they get everything right. Splendid concert!"
The Gazette, Waterloo

"Two excellent players!"
Strings magazine

"This [Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata] was the highlight of the evening - sensitive, meticulously well-prepared, playing together with an impressive flair for the inherent dramatic contrast and emotion this music comprises...the performance of both musicians was superb..."
The Evening Telegram, St. John's

The Duo elicited a tremendous response...and understandably so; their performance was simply terrific."
The Queens Journal, Kingston

[This] young violin-piano duo is among Canada's finest!... Whether trading themes back and forth, or exchanging dynamic and textural nuances, Steeves and Dahn wove their way through all three movements [of Mozart's K.378] with a warm, gracious ease that veterans of decades together might envy."
The Waterloo Chronicle, Kitchner-Waterloo

"After three years of this musical partnership, Dahn and Steeves have reached that enviable plateau in any chamber music collaboration where each thinks the other's thoughts."
The Sunday Herald, Halifax

"Here is a unity of thought one rarely encounters as musicians clamber over each other to carve out solo careers. Both virtuousos in their own right, Steeves and Dahn have chosen to channel their talents into one flawlessly harmomious package."
The Evening Telegram, St. John's

Nancy Dahn and Timothy Steeves [played with] outstanding clarity, expert technique and an intense energy that was sustained from start to finish."
The Guardian, Charlottetown

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