"A fine pianist finds bubbling delight in Mozart: Ucbasaran has a remarkable affinity for tonal shading; she keenly understands how chords and sonorities function in a given phrase.. She does not let a single phrase pass by her without considering its function in the greater context of the piece, and tempi are ever so slightly inflected throughout to brilliant results. This infuses Mozart with a continual bubbling energy that is delightful to hear."

"This is the sixth recording by Santa Barbara-based pianist Zeynep Ucbasaran...[Her] playing has always been unfailingly musical, but I find more temperament here than previously. The recording itself is big and bold and transferred at a rather high level, creating an initial impression of a degree of aggressiveness... Zeynep is signally successful in the long variation movement of the D major work...The Adagio variation is played with deep feeling. For once I reached the end of this movement feeling that the prospect of hearing it again would be welcome. It was at this point that I realized that the gifted player of the earlier records is developing into a pianist of some stature... An excellent recommendation, then, for three of Mozart’s rarer sonatas played with real conviction."

"Virtuoso performances that are never too flamboyant or hurried from a pianist of world class."

John Pitt, New Classics

"A most intelligent and convincing Mozart recital.. Ucbasaran’s strong suit is her clean articulation girded by a powerful sonority..."

"An elegant double-helping from Pianist Zeynep Ucbasaran:  An agreeable elegance pervades pianist Zeynep Ucbasaran's playing on these discs...She fully captures [Beethoven's Bagatelles] lighthearted nature. Two selections by Ahmet Saygun showcase Ucbasaran's heritage: The harmonic delights of Preludes on Aksak Rhythms are aurally pungent in her hands while the 'episode in a little girl's imaginary world' of Inci's Book emerge with vivid color. Playful works by Leonard Bernstein and Robert Muczynski round out the disc, the latter's ranging Six Preludes presented with particular verve."
Andrew Druckenbrod, The Gramophone

"A nicely diversified program marks this installment of the ongoing discography of Turkish virtuoso Zeynep Ucbarasan..The four sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti show off some brisk, pearly play, with quicksilver runs and crossing of hands.. Lucid, sober, and unforced playing from Ucbarasan keeps these pieces piquant and vivacious.. I find Ms. Ucbasaran a natural Beethoven exponent, as she balances musical mischief and pungent or lyrical impulses in Beethoven’s lexicon..Clear, crisp, piano sound, and a class production make this keyboard survey a keeper."
Gary Lemco,  Audiophile Audition

  "This disc shows off the versatility of Turkish pianist Zeynep Ucbasaran...She takes on the most Apollinian of Schubert's three late (1828) piano sonatas, the A Major, whose second movement Andantino features some haunting writing melodically and polyphonically, with a kind of ferocious homage a Bach. She keeps a light hand on the proceedings, emphasizing the lyrical energies in this monumental piece. I found myself much admiring her technique, often forgetting about the import of the music.."
                                                                             Gary Lemco,  Audiophile Audition

"Zeynep Ucbasaran's playing of Schubert's A Major sonata and "Wanderer" Fantasy is very persuasive... her remarkable rhythmic steadiness keeps the music moving forward impressively, and is neither stilted nor breathless."
Paul Turok, TUROK'S CHOICE

"Recording the large-scale Schubert piano works is a challenge. The music does not respond fully without a performance vibrating to its depths in gathering up the scintillating decoration of Schubert's style without undue exaggeration, yet with a perspective that  is  both stable and credible. Only occasionally do I consider Zeynep's playing a touch less convincing than  expected, but there is plenty of insight with which to draw the music together and to maintain a sense of propulsion. We have here the Wanderer Fantasy  and the Sonata in A -- a very fair choice of Schubert at his best, and even today gripping us with its sustained quality."
                                                                                               Basil Ramsey, Music & Vision, UK

"In this rewarding CD recorded at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California, she plays two works by Franz  Schubert: his profound and noble Sonata in A major and the visionary Wanderer-Fantasy. Both pieces are awe-inspiring in their scope and demanding for the performer but Zeynep Ucbasaran plays superbly and intelligently throughout.."
                                                                                 John Pitt, New Classics, UK

"Brilliant... An outstanding CD... Zeynep Ucbasaran's playing is particularly fine in the impassioned Funérailles."
John Pitt, New Classics, UK

"Captured with breath-taking clarity and range.. a mesmerizing album."
Gerald Carpenter, The Independent

"In a recital entirely devoted to Liszt, this young Turkish pianist has produced a noteworthy first record. Her program includes several brilliant pieces, but most of the space is devoted to poetry and romantic meditation. And this type of music best reveals Zeynep Ucbasaran's artistic talents. In the Funérailles, she expresses a sustained romanticism, shaped by a sensitivity that knowsits own limits. Such masking of her virtuoso performance would lead to a too restrained interpretation were it not for the subtle contrasts she achieves, for instance in the crescendos, which she skillfully manages right to their peak."
Stephane Villemin, American Record Guide

"Zeynep Ucbasaran meets the technical and musical challenges of some of Liszt's larger pieces impressively.."
Paul Turok, TUROK'S CHOICE

"A gifted young artist, at her best in the BACH Fantasy and Fugue and the Spanish Rhapsody. She has a secure technique and a  sound sense of structure.."
Christopher Howell, MusicWeb, London