…an exhilirating performance which at times left the audience quite breathless.

Welwyn and Hatfield Times Oct 2009

I am most happy to recommend him as a very gifted young musician

Lewis Kaplan

Welsh soprano Rebecca Evans and violinist Florian Rago were the class acts… mesmeric violin playing by Rago…

Peter Jordan - Nottingham Evening News Oct 2008

“Young Star has Mature Assurance. Paganini was himself a child prodigy and an international star violinist of his day, and his Violin Concerto in D sets a succession formidable challeges for the soloist. Florian Rago, still only 18, thrilled the audience with the mature assurance and captivating musicality of his performance…”

Grahame Whitehead - Nottingham Evening News Oct 2007

“Bravo! Superb intonation and tonal control, very lovely warm lines and incredible voicing, great drive and energy.”

“Excellent professional -concert violinist, who knows all the secrets of his art, he deserves support and promotion”

Ibla Grand Prize Jury 2007

“ We thrilled to a brilliant display of virtuosity… and… hypnotic panache“

ISM Music Journal

"There may have been only 70 minutes of music on the programme but it is highly unlikely that the audience felt short-changed. Florian Rago, the 16-year-old soloist in Bruch’s 1st Violin Concerto, ensured it was an evening to remember. Any technically accomplished performance of such a difficult piece by one so young would have caused some astonishment but Florian’s vision of the concerto was so moving because of its restraint, the mood in the first two movements being inward and ruminative rather than emotionally overheated. When virtuosic brilliance was needed, Florian showed he could also summon up plenty of energy and exuberance. He clearly has a very distinguished career ahead of him."

William Ruff - Nottingham Evening News

“An explosive performance by Florian Rago, playing an unaccompanied violin piece by Eugene Ysaye.”

Ted Milnes - Lincolnshire Echo