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'I was going to e mail you to say how much I enjoyed seeing you perform so beautifully with these 2 other charming young women ..so accomplished!
We really enjoyed the concert as well as seeing you...  It was a good evening and the next day we talked in detail about the concert to our children.
PS loved your tangos, could have danced to them, specially the second one!!'

Beatrice Sheppard, a happy Listener

 'Jacobine van Laar has a particular, interesting voice that seems to me to have much beauty. The top is certainly very bright - sometimes a little surprisingly so - given the
dark colours you field in the middle of the voice. Sorry, sounds like
I am talking about wine - but there is something of a complex wine
in her voice, at least to me.'

            James Conway, Musical Director English Touring Opera

 'I have had the pleasure, and indeed the honour, of working with Jacobine van Laar during the last year at Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

 She is an outstanding soprano of beautiful natural sound used with immaculate technique throughout a wide range of evenly produced notes both in sustained and florid passages. She is also capable of much variation in colour, thus enabling her to fully characterise individual composers as well as differing songs and arias.
Jacobine is also highly intelligent, musical and hard-working, and equally at home in music of many styles and periods. She is equally good in singing lieder, melodies, oratorios and operas, and will, I am sure, make a considerable career. I should be happy to know that all possible assistance is
being given to this exceptional artist.'

Paul Hamburger, vocal coach Guildhall School of Music London until 2004.

 'The expressive soprano Jacobine van Laar can easily cope with a full choir and orchestra. She sings like a lark!'

'Nothing but praise for this soloist, who gave it her all'

            Newspaper Review 13- 04 – 2005 from ‘Witte Weekblad’ Voorschoten.
 

'Bach's music (Schafe können sicher weiden), the way you start, and then that melody, the way you sing it, it sounds like it was composed in heaven.'

Hans Diepeveen, a happy listener