“This concert immediately turned out as a thrilling finale—almost as if everything Chochieva’s pianist colleagues (who had been exclusively male so far) had performed before was directed towards Sergei Rachmaninov’s D minor Sonata, Op. 28, which concluded the Moscow-born pianist’s recital, and served as a final chord to the whole festival. <…>

“<…> She did not misuse the tightly built work [Rachmaninoff Concerto Nr. 4] as a playground for virtuoso feats of strength, but attached great importance to a filigree, lean performance, with which she revealed the qualities of the piece in a sovereign and sensitive manner.”

- Aachener Zeitung, PEDRO OBIERA