Tanja Becker-Bender

Tanja Becker-Benda offers absolutely stunning playing throughout this warmly recorded disc. She makes light work of the formidable technical challenges in the opening Allegro con fuoco of the... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

the E flat Sonata opens with arresting gestures designed to let the performers show off, which Tanja Becker-Bender and Peter Nagy seize with relish. They give generally spacious readings of... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Beginning with the First Rhapsody is a cunning move: not only does it demonstrate Tanja Becker-Bender’s engagement with the folk style of string playing, but also it eases the ear in gently... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

you're unlikely to find more sympathetic and committed performances than these: Tanja Becker-Bender's phrasing of Respighi's long lines and her range and subtlety of colour give both Sonatas... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…