”…The Chamber Symphony of Gavriil Popov presented at Bard in a fine performance under the direction of Fernando Raucci.”

Alex Ross - The New York Times

GPYO Dazzles Under Director Raucci-“a display of music-making that can be described without exaggeration as startling, almost unbelievable.”

Donald Delany - The Times

“Fernando Raucci a young Italian conductor from Italy produced a finely conceived skilled performance of Brahms Symphony # 4 to a large and appreciative audience.”

Linda Tyler - Princeton

“Raucci is a young, but certifiable artistic talent in the top rank of conductors.”

Giovanni Avicolli - Il Tempo

“I must give voice to my astonishment for having found in the musical performance traces of emotion which I thought to be obsolete.”

Tadeus Szyllejko - Gazeta Warmii Mazur

Orchestral players, conducted by Fernando Raucci, were able collaborators for the singers, enhancing the stage action by mirroring the drama and emotion of the opera... Raucci helped turn up the emotional heat by calling for dramatic instrumental pauses of precisely the right duration at key moments in the opera.

Elaine Strauss - U.S.1

Conductor Raucci was clearly more than comfortable with the score... Mr. Raucci looked for much detail in nuance from the players, and impressively kept the winds and brass crisp.

Nancy Plum - Town Topics

Fernando Raucci's solid conducting.

David Patrick Steams - Inquirer

Fernando Raucci, only a youngster himself, conducted with extraordinary control, clearly encouraging the singers from the pit.

Stuart Duncan - Princeton Packet

Fernando Raucci presides over the musical performance with a firm hand.

Robert Baxter - Courier Post