Franco Fayenz
“Extraordinary composer and musician and great sensitivity”
(Giornale, 02-03-1994)
Cristiana Garbari
“Italian leader jazz player”
(Manifesto, 15-05-1982)
N.N.
“Battiston, main figure in Italian jazz. Esplosive strengh and deep sensitivity for harmony are his characteristics”.
(Gazzettino, 11-06-1983)
Renato Pilutti
“Sometimes he’s strict or, abandoning himself, he builds links that bravely erase the different kinds of music”.
(Musica Jazz, marzo 1998)
Franco Fayenz
“Beautiful music, modern but not hard, described as serious, educated and a lot of fun”
(Musica Jazz, marzo 1998)
Giuliano Amerigogna
“Genius, talented artist, composer and great sensitivity”
(Messaggero Veneto, 12-04-1988)
Ugo Padovese
“He knows how to express original and deep characteristics in a refined way as he interprets”
(Popolo, 24-01-1993)
Claudio Donà
“Versatile pianist, difficult to name, beyond fashion, like Errul Garner and Ahmad Janal”
(Musica Jazz, marzo 1993)
Gian Mario Maletto
“Seems to leave on the furthest Italian jazz galaxy, Armando Battiston, striking, his impact on music is exclusive, the pieces he chooses are austere, very bold is his path. The Pordenone pianist is searching a new dimension for jazz, using his versatility in his impromptou for modern cultured music”
(Musica Jazz, marzo 1996)
Pino Saulo
“Carries out for years music like no one else does. His language differs from anyone else’s”
(Radio Tre Suite, febbraio 1996)
Nicola Cossar
“Once again Battiston dazzling champion, radiant, improvises with terse style, mathematician, able to bring deep introspection laid on dream music villages”
(Messaggero Veneto, 15-02-1996)
Arturo Stalteri
“Armando Battiston moves in a mysterious contaminated territory. Rather in a Panorama that varies, his universe is not only jazz, cult and electronic music”
(Lampi d’inverno, Radio Rai Tre, marzo 1996)
Roberto Calabretto
“With no doubt Battiston’s research is very interesting and reveals his vast culture in music and his astounding ability using various instruments”
(Gazzettino, 13-04-1996
Franco Calabretto
“Original compositions by Armando Battiston, music that is a boundary between jazz and avant-garde. Metric structure that adds and subtract to give space-time gracefulness”
(Gazzettino, 10-08-1997)
Renato Della Torre
“At the keyboard, Battiston is a confirmed exceptional interpreter, has extraordinary sensitivity”
(Messaggero Veneto, 10-08-1997)
Luca D’Agostino
“Real talent for enviable glowing swing, a genuine desire to transmit sensation, and excellent technique”
(Messaggero Veneto, 23-08-1999)
Silvio Montaguti
“Battiston’s musical background is meant to enhance atmosphere and emotions of the single lyrics taken from various sources”
(Gazzettino, 10-08-2000)
A.Z.
“Armando Battiston a very well known figure for cultural, national and regional music”
(Gazzettino, 21-08-2000)
Luigi Onori
“Ample suggestions that soak his music from the classic influence, from literature to painted art, added to the ability for insight and open mind”
(from the text “Note di frontiera”, 2001)
Daniele Bergesio
“Powerful dissonance of emotions, rushing accelerations overflow of virtuoso display spice repertoire that roams from Cahrlie Haden, Kurt Weill, Gillespie, Piazzolla and obviously his own compositions”
(Gazzettino, 20-04-2002)
