Dr. Liduíno Pitombeira (Compositor, Professor da EM-UFRJ):
“Parabéns pela excelente performance da Sonata para Dois Pianos e Percussão de Bartók. O nível do DUO SÁ é realmente elevadíssimo, tanto musical quanto técnico. Seria uma grande honra escrever algo para vocês!”
Dr. Ney Rosauro (Compositor, Professor aposentado, Miami University):
“Parabéns! Muito musical! Representaram o Brasil e nossa música de percussão em alto nível na PASIC. Estamos orgulhosos de vocês, super parabéns!”
Dr. Michael Udow (Composer, Retired Professor, University of Michigan):
“You both play with such elegant care and passion for all the music on each instrument. The instruments must smile as you work together to produce such fine tone qualities. I think you both captured the feeling quite beautifully of my music and thank you for your performance and your improvisation. I will always be interested in listening to where Duo Sá will take it next!”
Michael Rosen (Professor of Percussion, Oberlin College, Ohio):
“It was good to meet you both at PASIC in Indianapolis and I enjoyed your clinic very much, congratulations!”
Stanley Leonard (retired Principal Timpanist, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra):
“Congratulations for your concert at PASIC! First Class! The duo is very good!”
Joe Locke (Jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator):
“Please, continue to put the videos on Facebook! They inspire me!”
Nana Formosa Duo (Percussion duo from Taiwan):
“Graceful, warm and rock with your excellent pandeiro! Congratulations to both of you!”
Jack Brennan (Principal Timpanist, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra):
“Congratulations! Good job! You both have a beautiful tone quality!”
Tim Church (Black Swamp Percussion):
“Very good! Congratulations! I expected something loud, more like “batucada”, with more energy, and you guys have a very sophisticated work and very delicate sounds, beautiful tone quality, very good, congratulations!”
Dan Lidster (Owner, Encore Mallets, Inc.):
"It was so great you got to present two years in a row. Very informative."