PIANO

De Tijd  - Amsterdam/Rotterdam (De Doelen Concert Series, Rotterdam) 
"Barbara Lister-Sink is technically as well as musically an exceedingly gifted musician. She…played her program with absolute understanding, rich imagination, and elegant, well-balanced musicality. She was at her best when refinement and subtlety were called for... Schönberg's Drei Klavierstücke were.... miracles of atmosphere and sound. She is…a pianist to which you listen captivated." 

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Treppenhaus Concert Series)
"Time and again out of the crowded ranks of aspiring young pianists, a few will surface whose talents cause the careers of the rest to grow pale by comparison... Barbara Lister-Sink gave the impression of belonging to such an elite... With her subtle nuance of touch, Lister-Sink laid bare the rich colors and clarity of structure...and at the same time showed a remarkable ability to build tension---her energy driving but fully controlled...The artist's constructive power and lively expression were captivating. special strengths in the gifts of this kind, charming artist---flowing technique and an eminent sense of sound."

The Washington Post (Phillips Collection)
"Lister-Sink...played with enormous energy and drama."

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Eastman School of Music) 
"Lister-Sink ...is a warm, sensitive pianist, equally comfortable with Schumann's ardent Fantasy, Debussy’s exquisite Estampes and Scriabin's febrile F-sharp minor Sonata...ravishing washes of color.... minutely detailed dynamics, filled with sensuous atmosphere...the notes sang with poetry and brilliance.... impressive coherence and note-to-note continuity. She paid attention to inner voices, but never interrupted the music's grandly passionate line."

Winston-Salem Journal  
"Now and then, an audience's innate discernment causes it to listen to really superb playing with a special kind of breathless silence. That's how this audience of 600 people listened to the Largo, and it was right to do so...Only excellent players can keep the texture of this work [Grieg Violin and Piano Sonata No. 1] from coming unglued. The performance...was not merely beautiful, but also cohesive. The players made the work sound like a masterpiece..." (Arnold Steinhardt/Lister-Sink).

The Grainger Society Journal
"Lister-Sink performed magnificently." 

The Arts Journal  - North Carolina
"Unlike some solo performances where an immaculately dressed artist wrestles at the mouth of the ebony cabinet and the spectacle is as interesting as the music, Lister-Sink's command and personal expression are the only focus when she plays. There is no symbiosis or compromise with the instrument. There is only sound shaped by fire."

De Tijd – Amsterdam (De Suite Concert Series)
"She gave evidence of having great imagination and an alert intelligence. Her especially brilliant virtuosity truly commands the stage."

The New York Times (Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center)
"Each received superior treatment from...her excellent partner at the piano.  Barbara Lister-Sink."

The Inquirer and Mirror - Nantucket, MA
"Ms. Lister-Sink gave a virtuosic performance, playing with that extra flair that makes a fine performance a memorable one. The end result was, in a word, stunning."

Evening Citizen - Laconia, NH (New Hampshire Music Festival – Bertrand Rands, reviewer)
"Ms. Lister-Sink has become a solid favorite through several appearances with the New Hampshire Festival orchestra and justifiably so. She has earned her niche as a top-flight artist."

The Washington Post  
"With a deceiving simplicity, she outlined the short, thematic line while weaving about it designs that were superbly phrased and exquisitely detailed."

Winston-Salem Journal
"With pianist Barbara Lister-Sink collaborating with [Andres] Cardenes, last night's was as fine a recital as one could hope for...Ms. Lister-Sink once again proved to be a fine chamber musician. Some of Lister-Sink's most evocative playing came when approaching more delicate passages...The duo's performance...was a heart-stopping dialogue between violin and piano. The interplay between the two musicians was as intimate and as moving as if they had been collaborating for years."

Winston-Salem Journal
"Ms. Lister-Sink...was [Arnold] Steinhardt's support. Her playing was not that of any mere accompanist, though; she drew nuances and subtleties from the music as intensely as if had she been the soloist."

Het Parool - Amsterdam
"…a first-rate partner at the piano who solved the difficult instrumental and musical problems excellently and who above all evinced all the qualities of an expert accompanist."

Times-Union - Rochester
"…extraordinarily resourceful Lister-Sink…"

Maine Times (New Hampshire Music Festival)
"Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 (with the solo part realized beautifully by Barbara Lister-Sink)… exquisitely sensitive phrasing and dynamic control, and a great sense of overall shape…”

The Bristol Enterprise - Bristol, NH
"Barbara Lister-Sink is both a sensitive and understanding accompanist and a virtuoso in her own right…To listen to her in the Schumann…and the Brahms…was thrilling…"

The Evening Times Globe - Saint John, New Brunswick
"…warm-blooded romanticism and just the right emotional vitality."

The Ithaca Journal
"…a dynamic and rhythmic expressiveness which fulfilled all expectations."

The Robesonian - Lumberton, NC
"Barbara Lister-Sink presented a demanding program with éclat and beauty…brought to the recital knowledge, skill, a sense of precision and a complete mastery of the keyboard.  She is not a giant in stature, but in performance, she is."

Lake Placid News – Lake Placid, NY
"She did an extraordinary job…a sensitive well-modulated performance complimenting in every instance the dimensions of the violinist's performance…performing with style, competence, and discretion."

The Journal - Winston-Salem, NC
"…a precision that made the most of the work's striking qualities as a showpiece and a sensitivity that brought forth the richness of its Romantic qualities."

Het Parool - Amsterdam
"…a first-rate partner at the piano who solved the difficult instrumental and musical problems excellently and who above all evinced all the qualities of an expert accompanist."

The Sentinel - Winston-Salem, NC
"Mrs. Lister-Sink was perfect; she seems to be a no-nonsense pianist with charm."

Greensboro Daily News – Greensboro, NC
"Her playing is vibrant and filled with strong contrasts.  It is energetic. She compelled attention partly because of her own conviction about the music and partly because of the wide array of tone colors she draws from the piano."

VOICE

The Chronicle   - Duke University
'Lister-Sink "a treasure"'

"A small soprano with a large, rich voice...Barbara Lister-Sink displayed a maturity of vocal ability and artist interpretation which can become a treasure to a community of student and instructors…a clear, high register, supported by a resonant lower register…breadth of musical expression, from ribald heartiness to bereft solitude.  Lister-Sink demonstrated the artistic and vocal maturity by allowing the linguistic characteristics of each language to be fully displayed while maintaining tonal beauty…wealth of talent…one should look forward eagerly to seeing her name associated with other musical events.”