“Miranda Cuckson is a poetic soloist with a strong personality, yet unpretentious.” Die Presse, Vienna 

“Violinist Miranda Cuckson offered a recital..which featured both rare and not-so-rare repertory, all performed with a rare style that fused precision and elegance with passionate intensity and successful risk-taking…Cuckson did not shy away from allowing the music to dramatically redefine the sound of her instrument…uncompromisingly logical and powerful interpretation..The song allowed Cuckson to display her mastery of a full-blown romantic lyricism.”  Larry Wallach, The Berkshire Edge

“Ms. Cuckson’s monumental performance [of the Bach Chaconne] relayed each movement’s dance rhythm and affekt. Everything was performed with a balance of appropriate performance style with an articulation that expressed the line, the climaxes, the longing, and the humor. No passage was overwrought or labored, but given supple grace and beauty.” Musicaverum

“a fearless, visionary, and tremendously talented artist… her preparation was exquisite and presentation consistently engaging.” (Christian Carey, Sequenza21) 

“Miranda Cuckson’s astonishing technique, pinpoint control and impeccable intonation enable her to convey a convincing sense of narrative and continuity; no wonder she’s been a new-music violinist of choice for decades.” Gramophone 

“What’s most impressive about Cuckson is the warmth and humanity she brings to the music. Highly abstract, it tends to sound cold even in the best hands. Cuckson refracts its hard beauty through a prism of color and emotion, bringing to life its primal appeal… she gave a dazzling demonstration of why she’s become such an in-demand artist.” (Frank Kuznik, Cultured Cleveland) 

“We started on Thursday in Tivoli [Vredenburg], specifically in my favorite room, Hertz, with Miranda Cuckson and her violin…More than playing the violin, Miranda Cuckson painted with a violin, we are not talking about notes, we are talking about brush strokes. I have rarely seen an instrument wring so much out, get so many sounds out of it. Playing with silence at this level is something really fascinating.” (Arvre)

“Illuminating, not only for its compositional diversity but for Cuckson’s extraordinary playing. In featuring violin alone, her virtuosity, dexterity, and command of intonation and phrasing are on full display, and the performances mesmerize…Whether pitched at a barely audible hush or delivered with an exuberant flourish, Cuckson’s playing is always compelling and never less than transfixing. Anyone who might think nearly 100 minutes of unaccompanied violin might be less than engaging will be otherwise enlightened by Világ. If anything, hearing her performing alone allows for an enhanced appreciation of her singular artistry.” (textura)

“riveting is the stamp Miranda Cuckson impresses on one of Ligeti’s most familiar and beloved scores [the Violin Concerto]. Like Baldini an adventurous champion of new music, she even trails away from the Ligeti-Gawriloff cadenza into one of her own invention. It defies belief that Cuckson had never previously played the Concerto, so convincing is she with Ligeti’s admixture of idioms and allusions” Thomas May, Gramophone

“…the line has a continuity and phrasing that recall the human voice, and it isn’t hard to imagine it as an aria for soprano. It’s a virtuoso piece breathtakingly played by Miranda Cuckson” (Avant Music News)

“Violinist Miranda Cuckson reaffirms her standing as one of the most sensitive and electric interpreters of new music.”  (Peter Margasak, Downbeat Magazine)

“A solo revelation. Ms. Cuckson is in the pantheon of performers who appear wherever daring music is played… Ms. Cuckson is synonymous with the music of today.” (Harry Rolnick, ConcertoNet)

“Cuckson’s elegant bow arm was called upon to render a spectrum of encounters between horsehair and strings, from fluid melismatic writing to spiccato and cross-string techniques, all connected by an graceful and subtle forward lyrical pressure….Cuckson was able to fit seamlessly into the demands of the electronics while sounding like she was in complete command of them. In a work that one might imagine seeming similar from one performance to another, Cuckson was able to shed significantly new light.” Larry Wallach, Hudson-Housatonic Arts

“Ms. Cuckson brought out the work’s singing quality, a soulfulness as deep as anything in Janacek. Her tonal luster and variety of touch enliven everything she plays.” (New York Times)