Review: Musical Opinion ★★★★★

Review: Musical Opinion ★★★★★

Review Musical Opinion  ★★★★★ October – December 2020 ‘Plaudits are undoubtedly due to the young Jordanian-Palestinian pianist Iyad Sughayer for revealing much of the quality of Khachaturian’s better works …’ Robert Matthew-Walker. ★★★★★...
Film: ‘London Lockdown’

Film: ‘London Lockdown’

Film ‘London Lockdown’ BBC Arabic June 2020 During the COVID-19 Lockdown in the UK, Iyad was invited to contribute to the BBC Arabic documentary ‘London Lockdown’. Iyad took part as a character and recorded the soundtrack for the film. ‘London...
Review: BBC Music Magazine ★★★★★

Review: BBC Music Magazine ★★★★★

Review BBC Music Magazine ★★★★★ March 2020 “He captures the music’s essence with such a close sense of recreative identity that it feels on occasion as though he could be composing it as he goes along. An outstanding debut” Julian Haylock. ★★★★★ BBC Music Magazine,...
Review: Gramophone Magazine

Review: Gramophone Magazine

Review Gramophone Magazine Review February 2020 Gramophone Magazine Review by Patrick Rucker. ‘Apart from the ubiquitous Toccata and the Piano Concerto, championed and first recorded by William Kapell with Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony in 1946,...
Review: International Piano Magazine, Critic’s Choice

Review: International Piano Magazine, Critic’s Choice

Review International Piano Magazine: Critic’s Choice February 2020 Issue International Piano Magazine, February 2020 Critic’s Choice. Review by Michael Church. ‘Iyad Sughayer has taken on a self-imposed challenge similar to Wee’s in his championing...