“...We should be grateful that the fate has blessed us with the encounter of this young musician capable of subliming and enriching the human spirit...”



"...Remarkable Musician Yuri Medianik... Audience Rose in Applause..."



"...A sophisticated listener with an exquisite feeling for the intellectual art will appreciate his (Yuri's) versatile talent, him being a gem in the golden crown of Russian musicians... "



"... Here without doubt we meet a great virtuoso... Рe performs Scarlatti with such a gentle touch and clarity that is not easy to find elsewhere... The precise playing is one of his strong points of his performances..."



"... It's worth noting that Yuri has mastered the art of playing yet another instrument, the bayan, and he proudly wears the honorable title of a laureate of a number of international bayan competitions..."



"... Our home people have received a tremendous pleasure from Yuri Medianik's exquisite and refined performance manner. One can only wonder how, aside from bayan, Yuri can play the violin so brilliantly. Very frequently, both in this country and abroad, Yuri performs in his two talents, both as a violinist and a bayan-player..."



"... When the results were known, press agencies shouted this sensational news... bayan-player became winner of violin competition..."



"... were listened " the seasons " of Piazzolla for violin with chamber orchestra. In this musical piece Yuri Medianik, ex student of musical school, showed his knowhow ..."



"...The marvelous tone of Yuri Medianik's instrument charmed the public ; his incredible virtuosity, musicality and artistic sense enthralled the whole assembly..."



"...It's unforgiven not to notice that the Grand Prix's owner is studying not only in Gnessin school but also in a violin class at S-Petersburg. Two weeks ago Yuri obtained the gold medal in the second category of the international competition that took place at Klingenhtal. The programs of the competitions were completely different. However, the difficulties did not worry him; although the two performances were not equal in point of view of deepness and seriousness. The young musician charmed the whole assembly and took first prize and Grand-Prix...".



"...Yuri Medianik from S-Petersburg took first prize and also has been designated the undeniable winner of the 4th international competition named after Beloborodov. W.Semionov, the president of the jury, called him " the discovery of the year ".His incredible technical play, his musicality and his artistic sense provided him victory even if he broke his bayan just before the performance and people knew that only after the competition. He had to play with an other instrument. That event did not disturb him ... he played brightly and won the Grand Prix..."



"...Evidently this boy was born under a lucky star and with bayan in his hands...the hall is being filled with powerful, deep organ sounds. This is Yuri's bayan, which is filling the space up with everlasting Bach's melodies rather adultly, strongly, confidently and loudly..."