Palindromic Variations was a clever sequence and a delightful surprise for the audience...

Newman "brings together a muscularity so vivid it almost borders on the theatrical with an astonishing sense of precision and purity to his sound."

"The cleverness of the arrangements and Newman’s effortless mastery of these unusual techniques made “Pop-Unpopped” winning works."

Newman's technical mastery proved entirely dazzling.

Newman... seems to be in a class of his own...

Cellist Clancy Newman made a striking impression.

Clancy Newman is a most phenomenally gifted young cellist...

The fact that [Newman is an] active composer may help explain the sense of artistic insight that informed every note.

Cellist Clancy Newman quickly won listerners' hearts, exhibiting both a sensitivity and intensity...

The youthful Newman once again proved that he is an exceptional cellist...

...Newman played with infinite tenderness...

Clancy Newman played it with an exhilarating energy and a clear sense of its contours.

Newman's piece [Juxt-Opposition] built from a lush, chorale-like treatment of its folk-melodic material into an increasingly violent furor in the strings -- puncuated by percussive interruptions from the keyboard before starting to wittily jump-cut back and forth between well-mannered chorale and haywire explosiveness.

Clancy Newman... is an altogether extraordinary player... an incredible display of inventiveness and virtuosity.

... no other performance of Op. 99 (and as a Brahms geek, I've heard plenty) so masterly told the story of this piece.

[The] recital began with Newman's own Music for Unaccompanied Cello (2003), which was introduced by fellow composer Bruce Adolphe as "music so hard even [Newman] cannot believe he's playing it." And a bravura display it was.

In Triplicate established its credentials in a dazzling, profound, and highly entertaining concert.

... there was not a single tentative gesture, no pausing before a difficult passage, no phrase that didn't demonstrate depth of feeling and natural expression.

Newman was spectacular in the Dumky...

Clancy Newman... brought a recognizably individualist approach to the infamous Elgar concerto.

Clancy Newman... had the audience beside itself...

Clancy Newman... excelled in the poignant and expressive slow movement.

One of [the tour's] best finds is cellist Clancy Newman...

"... you wanted to download the concert immediately."

Mr. Newman... is a throwback to those golden days when string players were not afraid to express themselves with generous amounts of vibrato.

Mendelssohn's Sonata... impressed for the unanimity of approach from both artists... Selby's superbly voiced Adagio chorale marvellously introducing Newman's exquisite, lyric cello.

... you had to marvel at the soloists' interpretive sophistication and drive.

After the one-chord orchestral introduction, Newman quickly established a confident grip on the music's emotional intensity, playing with a warm, clean tone...

[The Barber Cello Concerto] was exhilarating to watch... Newman had no difficulty projecting his aggressive, hard-edged sound.

When you encounter cellist Clancy Newman... you hear what you didn't know you were missing: Classics utterly transformed without being dismantled.