“…Its opening Adagio movement alone (short audio clip below), with its intensely doleful temperament, will grab and sustain your full attention from start to finish. And again, cellist Nikolay Shugaev digs deep to project its full emotive impact.“
Jean-Yves Duperron 2025, May

Музыкальное обозрение, август 2023

Great news! Our @naxosmusic recording 💿 got ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review in rivista “Musica” @zecchinieditore. You can read the full article in the digital format or in a paper edition.
“… In questa versione sinfonica fino ad oggi difficilmente reperibili in disco Shugaev conferma le sue doti di spolvero tecnico e generosa comunicativa ed e` ac- compagnato con misura e preci- sione da @valentinuryupin1985 sul podio della disciplinata orchestra russa @rostovsymphony .”

Giuseppe Rossi

Gramophone.co.uk 📀 📀 📀

“…Nikolay Shugaev is an eloquent soloist in all three works, he and Dmitrii Prokofiev are well matched in the Ghedini, and the Rostov Academic Symphony Orchestra provide sensitive support throughout under the direction of Valentin Uryupin. Strongly recommended, then, for Ghedini’s concerto; its unique atmosphere continues to haunt me.” - Andrew Farach-Colton

Cromosuoni, spazi e note

"...grande "Gala per Amatrice".

...Nikolay Shugaev in SOBRIO Festival

Nikolay gives Masterclasses in Siberia...

Incontro con Nikolai Shugaev
http://www.rsi.ch/rete-due/programmi/cultura/osi-alla-rsi/Incontro-con-Oleksandr-Sternat-e-Nikolai-Shugaev-6145735.html

"Nikolay Shugaev and Sacha Makila amaze siberian audience..."