Jazzthetik

In the March 2004 issue of "Jazzthetik", the magazine gives the new CD, "for you", five stars - the highest possible rating. Jazzthetik calls the new CD, "Perhaps the most important jazz album in Germany in the last ten years".

Rheinische Post

"A modern sound of melancholia"

Aachener Nachrichten

"Frank Chastenier simply knocked the listeners out with his keyboard artistry."

Die Rheinpfalz

"Frank Chastenier inspired choruses of enthusiastic ovations with his exceptionally unique chords, arpeggios and clusters on the piano keyboard."

Wiesbadener Kurier

"Frank Chastenier is a wizard on the keys"

Osnabrücker Zeitung

"Sometimes Frank Chastenier brought to mind a painter, giving his canvas a splash of color here and there. Obviously, his musical inspirations appeared in the moment, sometimes coming from an outstanding adroitness, sometimes developing out of a deep sensitivity."

Münsterländische Tageszeitung

"The fantastic pianist Frank Chastenier inspired the audience with his dynamic touch, harmonic inventiveness, and powerful block chords."

Mannheimer Morgen

"Pianist Frank Chastenier stood out brilliantly. He instinctively dominated the grand piano, not afraid to sometimes pile up unwieldy chords. The well-mannered, subdued mainstream, in his hands, almost passes for modern jazz."

Aachener Nachrichten

On the occasion of the UNESCO Music Prize Award on Oscar Peterson:
"Usually in ceremonies like this one there is only one star. In Aachen, it was different ‹ the pianist Frank Chastenier gave Oscar Peterson a splendid jazz present. The way he enchanted the audience, emotionally attacking the keyboard and making music of magnificent wildness with his trio partners: that was pure and simply unforgettable. And this much is certain ‹ Oscar Peterson was beaming from ear to ear."