The virtuous Argentine guitarist Eduardo Falú played at the Nourse Auditorium, in San Francisco, with such an extraordinary program that „it would be necessary to go back sixty years to find something similar“. This is one of the praising reviews dedicated to the Argentine guitarist who is in a tour in California..Falú has had an extraordinary success with the audiences and with the critics, both as a performer and a composer.
Crónica, Buenos Aires
According to recent news, the outstanding guitarist and composer Eduardo Falú has performed with remarkable success in many American cities, as San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. Although the critics already knew his name and fame, they were surprised at the quality of his performances, as to compare him with Tárrega, not only as a brilliant performer but also as a composer who „could take the spirit of his people and translate it to the formal composition“.
At the end of his performance the critics gave him a standing ovation, which is uncommon and only happens to few artists.
Clarín, Buenos Aires
Falú’s personality is fascinating. It can satisfy the curiosity of music lovers from all continents wishing to know a far-away country through its musical image. That is why Falú does not play Granados in Spain or Bach in Germany.
La Nación newspaper, Buenos Aires
The review of the last part of the concert is a must. It has meant for the audience the appreciation of an fact beyond doubt, Eduardo Falú’s musical production. This was specially evident in the Estilo and Malambo, which were repeated at the audience’s request.
La Voz del Interior newspaper, Córdoba
As a guitarist, Falú is obviously a virtuoso, but, unlike most of them, his dexterity never becomes a mirror to his own narcissism. He plays with a great humility, a serenity that seems to say that for him music only exist as a dialog and to make it it is necessary to posses the instrumental ability he shows.
La Opinión newspaper, Buenos Aires
Eduardo Falú’s art shows itself in all its magnificence to cover all the sonic possibilities of the guitar.
Primera Plana magazine, Buenos Aires
It is a marvellously creative music, with the guitar as a soloist instrument in a proper first place. Falú performs his own compositions, with the assistance of Cardozo Ocampo in orchestration, with a professionalism that is characteristic of him and of the orchestra, and also offers a brilliant performance of „Jeromita Linares“ by Carlos Guastavino.
Buenos Aires Herald newspaper, Buenos Aires
Every day one of the most prestigious guitarists of the world, after preparing the instrument, studies for two or three hours to „keep the fingers in shape“. He uses the traditional guitar compositions to practise and to prevent his hands from „going wild“.
During his five tours to Japan, this man, tall and bald, with a deep and slow voice, has lived through a curious experience that has a lot to do with the technique and with the soul: „The Japanese not only imitate folklore with phonetics, they have also begun to produce performers and guitars.“
La Nación magazine, Buenos Aires