Reviews

Kevin Rhodes

Conductor

"The audience acknowledged all participants with massive applause for the spectacular achievement, most of all for the coductor Kevin Rhodes. At the end it was thanks to his engaging conducting that the evening was an unforgettable musical experience."

"He brought with him instinctive understanding refined by a decade of training in European opera houses, all of which translated into surefooted, elegant and exciting performances... Rhodes exhibited a charming, heart-on-the-sleeve musical integrity... Rhodes shaped a masterly account of the Tchaikovsky [Fourth Symphony], calling into being as fine a performances as the SSO has given of this repertoire, for which not only the audience but the players applauded him."

"In the fifth performance [Tosca} Kevin Rhodes was on the podium. He is obviously a highly accomplished conductor who got a large, voluminous Puccini-sound out of the orchestra."

"The music of Edward Elgar...had in the interpretation of the Radio Symphony Orchestra Basel under conductor Kevin Rhodes an abundant palette of emotions and rich color."

"Kevin Rhodes, conductor in Basel, set marked accents in the orchestra texture [Schumann's Fourth Symphony]; nothing was glossed over but rather all details were formed in a clear and transparent manner -- Schumann as one would always like to have it played and heard."

"The tempo was of an unbelievable intensity, Tchaikovsky's music was beautifully interpreted...the orchestra under the direction of Kevin Rhodes played fabulously and with a great sense for variation."

"Under the direction of Kevin Rhodes Peter and the Wolf was played most excitingly, with lots of wit."