"Samantha tackled Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto with complete assurance. She commands a very large, full tone, but at no time did the quality of the tone suffer at the expense of the needs for loudness. Her lyrical passages were beautifully phrased.”
THE CITIZEN

"Samantha Newbold, the very competent soloist, dealt with the intricacies of the difficult piano part with considerable ease"
BRISTOL EVENING POST
(Shostakovich 2nd Piano Concerto at St. Georges Brandon Hiill, Bristol with the Brandon Hill Symphony Orchestra)

“Mozart’s piano writing demands a mature player with the virtuosity of a concerto soloist. Newbold displayed all the earnestness and virtuosity required, as well as maturity beyond her years”
CROYDON ADVERTISER

“It is on a group’s ensemble that success depends; but their [the Newbold Piano Quartet's] programme gave particular prominence to the skill of the pianist Samantha Newbold”
THE WEST BRITON

“Samantha Newbold introduced the Quartet No.2 in G minor by Faure with rippling piano textures which she executed with remarkable sensitivity.”
DORSET EVENING ECHO
(NPQ)

"The Newbold revelled in its soaring and impassioned gestures, shaping its phrases with meticulous attention to detail….The quartet painted ravishing colours with daring conviction"
THE STRAD
(NPQ after Wigmore Concert)

"The Newbold Piano Quartet has leapt from strength to strength…. They have established a busy touring schedule (undoubtedly the envy of many another young chamber group) and gained some fabulous reviews."
METRO

“Technically they [the Newbold Piano Quartet] were not to be faulted, and their sense of ensemble was immaculate; they executed Faure’s long-breathed octave melodies with one voice, and the testing rubato of Brahms’s boisterous “gypsy rondo” finale was fearlessly negotiated with a real unanimity of purpose”
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH