“Chung’s prismatic performance [of Lee Hyla’s Riff and Transfiguration] was magnificent in concentration, precision, stamina, variety, and consistent rhythmic spring.”

The Boston Globe

“Chung’s performance is inspired… a totally absorbing musical experience.”

Gramophone Magazine

“Mia Chung gave uncommonly insightful, individualistic and lively readings of works by Beethoven, Schoenberg, Copland and Scarlatti… Her readings had the depth one hears in the Beethoven playing of Richard Goode or Russell Sherman, although her interpretive path and theirs rarely converged… Technically, her playing was dazzling.”

New York Times

“Some musicians have a way of announcing who they are and what they can do with the minimum of fuss.”

The Boston Globe

“…these are fine performances, fantasy presented with an abundance of temperament.”

Stereoplay

“From the opening of the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1, it was clear that Chung would dominate the demanding work. In answering the sometimes somber themes expressed by the strings, she was like a sympathetic friend who would listen to their plaint, repeat what she heard, and then enlarge on the thought and make it sound more profound.”

The Washington Post

“From the outset of the Mozart [Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor], it was clear that Mia Chung was out to portray Mozart the human being— in all his tenderness, strength and angular ferocity— In place of Mozart, the charming, graceful stereotype.”

Birmingham News

“…The concert-stopper, however, was the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, by renowned pianist Mia Chung, who was treated to a “Bravo!”— punctuated standing ovation.”

New Bedford Standard-Times

“The first movement [Beethoven’s “Waldstein” Sonata] had speed, clarity, originality of voicing, and so much unflagging energy that the audience burst into applause before she could continue. The slow movement and finale were no less remarkable; they had sensitivity, rapturous imagination, and an exhilarating interplay of rhythmic and harmonic tension.”

The Boston Globe

“[Chung], small and resplendent… took a seat, and took charge of Bach— and us. This was a virtuoso performance, one that could stand beside the dazzle and mastercy of the epochal and fleet 39-minute Glenn Gould recording of 1955. Nothing was done just for show. Tragedy, guts, thunder, longing, distress— all rang out…. No one in the room could miss it.”

Wall Street Journal

“Chung played marvelous Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, and Beethoven selections, adding depth and force to familiar classics."

San Diego Daily Transcript

“In an age increasingly glutted with recordings of similar repertoire, it’s perhaps excusable to greet yet another disc of well-exposed Beethoven with a sense of ennui. How refreshing, then, to encounter fresh thought, new insights, adventurous exploration and the exceptional psychological finesse evident throughout Chung’s performances here. She takes a genuinely original approach, but without any sense of willful idiosyncrasy.”

BBC Magazine

“…Ms. Chung was thrilling.”

New York Times

“Chung created the sort of musical stir that can move souls in revolutionary times.”

The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA)

“Chung has the ability to pull her audience in from the start and take it along with her as she moves through the music as if on a journey… Chung played [the Saint-Saëns 2nd Piano Concerto] Saturday night as if she owned the piece. She plays with gusto and a flamboyant manner that complements her deep understanding of the music.”

The Billings Gazette

“She consistently and brilliantly surpassed all expectations… Judging from last night’s recital, Chung may soon be recognized as one of the premier Beethoven interpreters of our time.”

Duluth News-Tribune

“Mia Chung, an outstanding pianist, performed Mozart’s “Jeunehomme” Concerto in E-flat Major with skill and aplomb. Her phrasing and dynamics throughout the work were unimpeachable.”

Corpus Christi Caller Times

“She plays the hardest music there is with a degree of intelligence, musical and pianistic sophistication that is rare.”

The Boston Globe

“One cannot imagine more difficult repertoire, but Asian-American pianist Mia Chung shines through perfectly. I consider her deep, cultivated interpretation of [Beethoven’s] Op. 111 on the same level as those of Maurizio Pollini and from Richard Goode. She has the same clarity and the control of voicing and articulation as Mitsuko Uchida, but in this repertoire Chung goes even deeper.”

Luister (Amsterdam, Holland)