"Djangirov's playing is, simply, flawless."
-Jeff Tamarkin, All Music Guide

"This is certainly jazz piano, but it's the kind that belongs in a recital hall… Djangirov gets to the heart of every song."
-Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz

"Something special goes on here… In Djangirov's hands, the piano is a dramatic personage."
-Karl Stark, Philadelphia Inquirer

"With the release of Virtue, Eldar may have sealed his role in future jazz history."
-Bill Meredith, Jazziz

"Virtue is an excellent record tha t shows the progress that he is making in terms of finding his own identity as a jazz musician"
- Dr. Billy Taylor

“He’s a genius beyond most young people I’ve heard.”
-Dave Brubeck in The New York Times

“…One of the finest jazz pianists of his generation.”
-CMJ Magazine

“re-imagination explores his own more mature musical vision, emphasizing his skills as a composer.”
-Associated Press

“Eldar’s solo piano mastery continues to amaze.”
-All About Jazz

"Excellent… Eldar’s keyboard technique can be blisteringly electric one moment, tender and thoughtful the next…boundless range and talent."
-San Francisco Chronicle

"His style contains echoes of Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson and other greats, but it's undeniably his own."
-Orange County Register

“…It’s not the flash and fire that should stir interest in Eldar. It’s what he does when the razzle-dazzle dies down and we sense substance within and beyond his pyrotechnics.”
-Downbeat

“…Eldar applies his powers across this entire set with a level of taste and maturity that belie his age…this is the album for which the term “Young Lion” was created.”
-Keyboard

“...with technique many of his elders can only envy…It’s that touch, his encyclopedic knowledge, and endless imagination that truly mark him as someone special to watch and listen to.”
-Jazziz

“…a terror of a technician who can scorch the keys in unexpected ways…channels the spirits of McCoy Tyner and Oscar Peterson along with Russian classical composers – all while showing great touch with dynamic.”
-The Philadelphia Inquirer

"...pianists in their thirties would struggle to match his brio... [he] demonstrates a casual mastery of the post-bop idiom, scattering mercurial phrases in all directions..."
-The London Times

“A blend of musical intelligence, organizational savvy, enthusiasm and prowess that was all the more impressive for seeming so casual…an ebullient impressionist.”
-The New York Times

“…a musician with the aesthetic maturity of a well-traveled jazz veteran…from the torrential, two-handed cascades of Oscar Peterson to the lush, rarefied harmonic language of Herbie Hanc*** …startling technical command and improbable improvisational flair…”
-The Philadelphia Inquirer

“…a refined touch to complement his ability to play at warp speed.”
-Boston Globe

“…the pianist displayed extraordinary technique from the moment he began … Eldar fashioned a jaw-dropping, Art Tatumesque solo interpretation, teeming with chromatic flurries and punctuated by resounding left-hand chords and striding patterns.
-Washington Post