“Giles’...shivery, theremin-like timbre is breathtaking…a crystalline, oboe-like tone.”
— New York Music Daily | Lucid Culture
“...insanely clever...”
— ClassicFM, United Kingdom
“...agility like a singer in the high register...Atmospheric, melodious, nearly dreamlike impressions...finely nuanced playing...”
— Badische Zeitung, Lörrach
“Giles’ saxophone danced and lamented, alternating radiant high tones with warm, deep tones, sonorous vibrato nuancing the pronounced lyrical passages...full of crystal clarity.”
— Südkurier, Waldshut-Tiengen
“Splendid performer with a bright future...[who brings to the stage] a wonderful life and spirit.”
— Charles Wuorinen, Pulitzer Prize Winning Composer
“...at once sensitive, nuanced, brash, and daring; all depending on the demands of the music.”
— David Ludwig, Composer at the Curtis Institute of Music
“...unfaltering rhythmic precision and razor sharp playing...”
— Michael J. Maccaferri, clarinetist | eighth blackbird
“...exemplary...highest virtuosity and exceptional musicality based on solid scholarship paired with fine instinct.”
— Maestra Marzena Diakun, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
“Nuanced playing with all the colors of the orchestra, strong in expression...[Giles’] interpretation went far beyond the quiet language of the compositions he played.”
