Reviews
The Washington Post
"When the music required fire, Myriam brought flamethrowers."
El Commercio of Lima
"With great sensitivity, imagination, and mastery, Myriam (Avalos) presented a highly refined, suggestive, and colorful Debussy. Her interpretation reached the greatest heights."
Jörgen Pettersson, Stockholm, Sweden
"[The] performance was a splendid accomplishment, and I sat in awe all the way through..."
The Victoria Advocate of Texas
"The Brahms sonata was perfect .... it developed depth and perspective under Ms. (Avalos') strong, forceful playing."
El Commercio of Lima
"With great sensitivity, imagination, and mastery, Myriam (Avalos) presented a highly refined, suggestive, and colorful Debussy. Her interpretation reached the greatest heights."
The Washington Post
"An excellent musician (Ms. Avalos) played a treacherously difficult work with flawless conviction."
-Jane Bowyer Stewart, first violinist with the National Symphony Orchestra
Chamber musicians are forever in search of a virtuosic, versatile, and colorful pianist who is also an intelligent, sensitive and flexible collaborative artist. Myriam Avalos exemplifies that rare combination. I have been fortunate enough to perform duo recitals and chamber works with her for over four decades. In our joint explorations of a wide-ranging repertoire, her formidable intellect and passion shine through. Always fully prepared, not just in her technical mastery but also in her understanding of the whole piece, she enters rehearsals with an engaging appetite for addressing true ensemble precision and for discovering and refining a mutually satisfying interpretation. In performances, she manages to infuse an already polished product with just the right amount of freshness. Myriam’s high standards and the warmth of her playing inspire all of us who get to work with her.
The Times of London
"A performance of sincerity and opulence...the amazing range of tone and faculty for expression went beyond the powers of most players."
Ladis Müller, Småland, Sweden
"[Myriam Avalos] has at her disposal a broad range of expressions which moves between silver clear and ethereal nuances to periods of rarely heard intensity. She skates from a lively warm and painterly description to a frenzied uproar. Her hand position, touch. articulation and feeling for color is but many of the musical dimensions that distinguish Myriam Avalos's artistic concept."
The Times of London
"A performance of sincerity and opulence...the amazing range of tone and faculty for expression went beyond the powers of most players."
Rosita Mang, NCTM - Past President, Washington Music Association
“A Masterclass by Myriam Avalos is truly a remarkable experience for the students. They are guided with respect, love, and gentleness. She has magical ears that seem to hear everything and then, can translate the technical and musical concepts into words which the student captures instantly.”
-Steven E. Hendrickson, Solo Trumpet National Symphony Orchestra
She is a colorful musician and has many good suggestions for interpretation. She has such love of performing! She has charisma and charm at the same time. She has helped me grow as a musician. We have performed many concerts with, not so great, pianos or acoustics. She is always upbeat.
Rosita Mang, NCTM - Past President, Washington Music Association
“A Masterclass by Myriam Avalos is truly a remarkable experience for the students. They are guided with respect, love, and gentleness. She has magical ears that seem to hear everything and then, can translate the technical and musical concepts into words which the student captures instantly.”
Daniel Labb, Pianist and Composer Skövde, Sweden
“I am forever grateful for having met such a skilled and talented teacher. From now on and for a long time to come my way of practicing has changed.”
The Times of London
Myriam (Avalos) proved herself a sure-fingered pianist. Her incisive articulation and singing tone ... reaffirmed considerable technical accomplishment."
Reviews of Musical Events on the Monterey Peninsula
"Pianist Myriam Avalos is a magnificent pianist and thorough musician whose presence enhanced this concert tremendously. The Ginastera and Lukas Foss works contained major piano parts and she played them with great enthusiasm supported by her fabulous technique that made the most difficult passages look easy (which they most assuredly were not)."