What the Critics say:
“…a flawless performance liberally interlaced with interesting chat that held this capacity audience spellbound throughout the evening.” Evening Echo, Cork Ireland
"One of ragtime's more enthusiastic contemporary proponents, Steve Radeck, is in town this week to show us just how beautiful ragtime can sound. Radeck, who sports a Gay Nineties-style in the spotlight, is a friendly, laid-back type of performer who revels in what he's doing. His keen sense of humor keeps patrons chuckling appreciatively, while his expertise as a researcher provides a pleasant plus-facts about the music. The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin - Walt Trott
"Ragtime Session—Unforgettable!" “A History of American Ragtime”, the centerpiece of jazz-packed weekend, exceeded all expectations last Sunday afternoon at the Metropole when St. Louis pianist Steve Radeck topped the bill in a fascinating programme of swinging music and song that traced the history of American music over the past five decades. Apart from being an excellent keyboard technician, Steve Radeck is a virtual human encyclopedia on origins and backgrounds of American ragtime and jazz music. The pianist linked the various eras with interesting factual snippets of historic interest, coupled with humorous anecdotes relating to the composers and the sometimes bizarre sources of inspiration of the various pieces he played. It was fascinating entertainment all the way.” Evening Echo: Cork, Ireland
"When a Dartmouth music student is honored by a Senior Fellowship for his composing and performing talents, we suspect it's the start of something big. When the Dartmouth student fills two-thirds of Spaulding Auditorium for the first formal recital of his career, we think it?s the start of something big. When we leave two hours later after hearing--no, bearing witness to--the Dartmouth music student, we are convinced it's the start of a prominent, lasting record of music genius. For Steven Radeck is perhaps one of the hottest musical talents to hit a New England university campus in recent years, and anyone who may have doubted his claim to future fame were converted last Friday night beyond all skepticism....the ovation was ear splitting!" The Dartmouth-Clif Ennico
"In strolled Steve Radeck, pianist and artist-in-residence at Washington University. But it was the gent who was with Steve that made this moment in time special. It was the last of the great ragtime composers, 97-year-old Eubie Blake. Radeck was on stage at the Shubert Theatre in New York for Blake's highly publicized 100th birthday celebration. "It was some party!" St. Louis Post Dispatch-Ron Elz
“Were George Gershwin still alive, he would have celebrated his 83rd birthday Saturday. Had he been in St. Louis, at Washington University's Edison Theatre, he doubtless would have appreciated the veneration bestowed on his music by pianist Steven Radeck.... He's a superb musician and his pre-intermission of Gershwin's 1927 Preludes was a model of sensitivity.” James Wierzbicki- St. Louis Globe-Democrat
"So we have the great privilege to be able to invite you to a new series of concerts which will begin on June 18th. We will begin in grand style with 2 top names in the U.S.A.: Ragtime Bob Darch and Steven Radeck. We have engaged these two big names from Radio Sweden, with whom they are presently engaged with radio and television broadcasts." Mekanisk Musik Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark - Claes Friberg
"The Concert ended with a performance of Cage's 1944 Book of Music for prepared piano by Steven Radeck and Joseph Kubera. The Book of Music may have struck some members of the audience as Tolstoyan in length but its entrancing patterns were well-played. Radeck and Martin Kalve performed a witty realization of the 1960 Music for Amplified Toy Pianos. Cage apparently was tickled by it. He was the first one in the audience on his feet applauding after the performance was over." The Buffalo Evening News-Jeff Simon
“Radeck not only performs ragtime with the best, but has also created his own syncopated works. In countless performances around the country, Radeck has established himself over the past decade as one of the handful of world-stature musicians keeping ragtime alive.” The Sedalia Democrat
“…one of the leading exponents of Eubie Blake’s music.” Max Morath
