Reviews

About Iritchka in A mood for deep longing – Kostic dance company

“Singer Iris (Iritchka) Ficker immediately draws us in profoundly with her Balkanblues ” – *** Het Parool jan. 2014
“Thrust forward by the music and phenomenally sung by vocalist Iritchka (Iris Ficker)” – Brabants Dagblad nov. 2013
“The melancholich soul that makes authentic Balkanmusic so distinct, is magnificently expressed by vocalist Iritchka” – Theaterkrant **** nov. 2013

The singing sounds piercing, beautiful and melancholic and makes a perfect combination with the compelling music of the Dutch duo Jeroen Strijbos en Rob van Rijswijk. … the music lures you into the performance. The combination of singing and music makes this a danceperformance that you will not easily forget .” – Ugenda sept. 2014

“A woman is typing letters, you can hear the typewriter and now and then she rearranges her folders. As if governors, bureaucracy, the driving force behind wars, are never brought to a standstill and may always march onward, unaffected. And that typing woman, young, constantly present, is a damned good singer”. - online review Joost Goutziers 2013

About Pauni Trio

MOORSMAGAZINE.COM over Melk & Honing: “Hollandse wereldmuziek van internationale klasse is het resultaat. Fenomenaal, en kippenvelverwekkend mooi”

MUSICFRAMES.NL over Melk & Honing: “Bijzonder fraai glijden hun vocalen door het Bulgaars landschap, aangevuld met West-Europese (folk) signatuur. Het klinkt moeiteloos en vanzelfsprekend in geraffineerde arrangementen waarbij de stemmen elkaar prachtig aanvullen.”

” Kan uit een Hollandse strot een Bulgaarse stem ontsnappen? Ja, en hoe!” – **** Het Parool

VOLKSKRANT about Pauni Trio: **** “Dutch trio master Bulgarian polyphony…wondrously beautiful.. brought the evening to a climax”

About Lirio

“The contribution of honey-voiced vocaliste Iris Ficker in two tracks forms an unmistakable added value to this already potent recording.” OOR magazine 2007