“…Once every generation there comes along a transformative force that breaks all the industry rules. Larson wields her instrument like a blow torch, breaking down our Victorian preconceptions of what the classical flute should be, how it should sound and where it should take us…This intensely gifted flutist needed little more than her native Montana charm to win the hearts of the packed house…”
--Connecticut’s VOICES review of Rhonda Larson & Ventus
“…she’s one of the best….a great player---and she does her own thing... she has set a new standard in this crossover music”
“…the first female
star of the flute to bring her polished classical training to a popular fusion
of jazz, Celtic, ethnic and sacred music.”
--Yale University Press, “The Flute”
“This handsome sylph with the cascade of blond curls and the articulate manner shows not only remarkable technique but great musicality….Part mystic, part leprechaun, here is a woman who bridges worlds.”
--The
News-Times, Connecticut
“…touches of jazz and world music rhythmic
interplay…vibrant, upbeat, marked by precision musicianship” --Billboard
“…world music drive that sets off Larson’s pristine flute playing like a jewel in the grass…”
--Jazziz
“Without a doubt, one of the world’s most
gifted flutists, Larson gives the listener a stunning showcase of her
talents…unbound by musical genres…”
--Musical Soundscapes
“Rhonda’s technical
abilities are astoundingly advanced!! I
predict that she will be a mega~star.”
-- National Flute
Association’s review of New York City performance
“..it took mere
moments for everyone to let go and happily succumb to a performer who plays the
flute the way it should be-- from the inside out.” --Kitchener-Waterloo
Record, Canada