"A delicious conjury made the more so by the wonderful playing of Alain Damiens " (San Francisco Focus Magazine)

"Alain Damiens, a clarinetist of impressive agility " (The New York Times)

" Played by the virtuoso Alain Damiens " 'The Boston Globe)

"That the splendid and sensitive player, Alain Damiens" (San Francisco Chronichle)

"Damiens presided over the assorted lyrical impulses and counter-impulses and conter-conter-impulses with virtuosic aplomb " (Los Angeles Times)