| “Ms. Kibbey, a performer who seems to revel in the sheer physically required to coax a vast range of exacting expression from her stately instrument, was a delight to watch and hear…Ms. Kibbey was a marvel once more, her dramatic sweeps and robust lines repeatedly cause for shivers.”
-The New York Times
“Bridget Kibbey brought blazing power and finesse to the intricate part, which swept and lunged through open spaces amid glittering wind and string figures.”
-The New York Times
(NY première of Elliott Carter’s Mosaic at Zankel Hall for Carter’s 100th Birthday)
“Harpist Kibbey was a beacon of comprehension, her gradations of color and volume steeped in the music's meaning.”
- Philadelphia Inquirer
“Harpist Bridget Kibbey made it seem as though her instrument was waiting all its life to explode with the gorgeous colors and energetic figures she was getting from it.”
– The New York Times
Bridget Kibbey caught the various shades of glitter and menace in the music...strong contender for this year's most distinguished debut CD."
- Time Out New York (regarding debut album ‘Love is Come Again’)
“Within a few seconds Kibbey has given the harp an outsized personality and ethereal purity, like a piano set free of its hammers and heavy case.”
– Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Harpist Bridget Kibbey gave a heady solo in the opening Introduction and Allegro, rocking her instrument against the rhythms set by string quartet, flute and clarinet.”
- Time Out New York
(regarding the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s all-Ravel program)
"The notable young harpist Bridget Kibbey...was featured in Debussy's Danse Sacree et Danse Profane. She began the piece with full-bodied, forthright tone colors and created a good sense of progression through smartly terraced dynamic changes, and exploration of pale, confiding tone colors."
- Philadelphia Inquirer
“The assembled forces, especially harpist Bridget Kibbey, found all the considerable enchantment in the music.”
-New York Daily News
(regarding the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s all-Ravel program)
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