“With his virtuosic baton technique, impulsive sign language, and evident empathy, Gonzalez made a convincing contribution to this music. Russian themes, along with those of dreams, were the headline. Moody expanse was created in the Adagio, with a folk-like horn sound, followed by the darting, graceful Scherzando and a sweeping waltz. Even the final, counterpoint-adorned, rapid dance with its banal closing bars came together, under Gonzalez’s direction, in harmonious unity. A perfect Russian evening.”

Saarbruecker-Zeitung

“[Pablo González] provided the score [Madama Butterfly] with a symphonic feel that greatly benefited the musical discourse. Ample and varied dynamics, richness in timbre and a deep engagement from the Oviedo Filarmonía were all key elements.”

Ramón Avello, El Comercio

“Conductor Pablo González is a real discovery!”

—Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (May 2019)

“González and the Bochum Symphony Orchestra found an approach [to Berlioz’s Death of Cleopatra] that got under the skin. By the end of the piece the public was rightly enthusiastic and cheering everyone involved.”

— Online Music Magazine (May 2019)

“Even in the problematic acoustics of the City Theatre, González was able to bring the qualities of this orchestra to light. His conducting is highly descriptive, the smallest accents of the hand, suggestive gestures, sometimes even of the whole body, transfer directly to sound and musical character.”

— Gießener Anzeiger (March 2019)

“The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra was clearly blown away by its spirited guest conductor Pablo González. With clear gestures and rhythmic finesse, he interpreted a convincing sound panorama with the very gifted orchestra. The orchestra were alert, performing on the edge of the chair and absorbed every energetic impulse of its tireless conductor. Fabulously dynamic…”

— Online Merker (March 2019)

“The man on the podium quickly became united with his Rhineland musicians through an exposition of powerfully emphatic and accentuated manoeuvres. He struck into the orchestra with his beats, ducked as smoothly as the springing sound of his strings – a successful warm-up for the orchestra.”

— Kölnische Rundschau (January 2019)

“The Spanish conductor, Pablo Gonzáles, rendered Schumann’s filigrane score with equal precision and expression.”

— Kölner Stadtanzeiger (January 2019)

“Pablo González’s vehement conducting was effectively accurate and succeeded in getting across a wide variety of emotions, bewitching the audience.”

— Christoph Zimmermann, Opernfreund, (January 2019)

“Following intermission, in Manuel de Falla’s ballet suite “El sombrero de tres picos”, Gonzalez unleashed an impassioned and temperamental conducting style that enticed the essential tonal nuances and rich palette of orchestral colours out of the Philharmonic.”

—  Mareile Hanns, Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten (January 2019)

“A successful debut… Both orchestra and conductor transform Manuel de Falla’s ballet suites into a brilliant and richly contrasting declaration of love to happiness, cheerfulness and fearlessness.”

— Rainer Kasselt, Sächsische Zeitung (January 2019)

“Here, guest conductor Pablo Gonzalez also proved his qualities: in the Scherzo movement, he kindled southern heat, sharply emphasising the rhythms and dances, as if these were actually Finnish pieces from Spain, and in the finale you could feel the atmospheric timbre with your hands. Nerve-shattering tremolo were followed by relentless beats, sudden crashes, and dark tones. In a wide arc, and with a long breath, the musicians and conductor created a colourful and captivating interpretation, which once again clarified why this concert by the Wüttembergischen Philharmonie Reutlingen has been sold out for so long. Orchestral music is such a pleasure.”

— Susane Eckstein, SWP.de (March 2018)

“…González gave the CBSO its head in an account as attentive to detail as to the fantasia-like structure. Not its least attraction was a thoughtful approach to the coda, tender and affecting without a hint of that sentimentality such as Mussorgsky would have abjured.(…) González (conducting without score) audibly enjoyed conducting it in the acoustic of Symphony Hall. (…) the music’s unity and cumulative impact was never in doubt as it took in (inter alia) an irascible ‘Gnomus’, seismic ‘Bydlo’ and plangent ‘Catacombae’ prior to a vaunting ‘Baba Yaga’ then a ‘Great Gate of Kiev’ that built steadily and securely to its resplendent close. Job well done.”

— Richard Whitehouse, Classical Source (February 2017)

“Splendid job, that of Pablo González (Oviedo, 1975) during the first of the two concerts of this season’s 5th programme of the ROSS (Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville). The Asturian conductor succeeded in molding the orchestra according to each composer’s style, offering a compelling performance of the three pieces”.

— Pablo J. Vayón, Diario de Sevilla

(English translation by Covadonga González Bernardo)

“And last, but not least, on the honour roll, the extraordinary work of the Oviedo-born conductor Pablo González (1975). To each his own, and in this concert, and for the whole programme, he gets the highest place on the podium. It’s just fair”.

JOSÉ LUIS LÓPEZ LÓPEZ (ABC, Seville).

(English translation by Covadonga González Bernardo)