“I have yet to hear an oboist who is better than Marc Fink in tonal warmth, textural sensitivity or fluidity, and the oboe song offered in the opening movement was a triumph of Mozartean elegance.”
The Capital Times
“A perfect concert opener, Mozart’s Oboe Concerto is cheerful and beautiful. Throughout the work, soloist Fink demonstrated the fruits
The Capital Times
of his years of experience. His trills were clean he displayed a great range of tone and dynamics, and he blended seamlessly with the orchestra. In the lighthearted final movement, Fink delighted the audience to laughter during the final cadenza with his humorous interpretation, and he continued to give the audience reason to remain smiling through to the end.”
“Marc Fink is one of those guys that you could listen to for years and years thinking that sometime he is going to play something less than perfectly open, full and lovely. And you are always surprised because he seems incapable of playing an ugly sound or less than perfectly
Press Connection (Madison, Wisconsin)
phrased melody.”
“Marc Fink’s first solo CD (Music of Crusell, Mozart, Britten, and Harbison) is representative of not only the highest quality of oboistic performance and thoughtful interpretation, but his choice and order of programming make it enjoyable and useful. From the sunny amusements of Crusell to the somber but rich satisfaction of Harbison, this is music most anyone can appreciate.“
The Double Reed, journal of the International Double Reed Society