In Karl Goldmark’s romantic Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Jenson was incandescent. The work is one of the hardest in the repertoire, yet Jenson played it effortlessly with lots of color and variety of bowing, a rich ringing tone and a singing musicianship that was forceful, strong and passionate.

The Daily Gazette, Albany NY

If Jenson set out to prove that her victory in the Tchaikovsky Competition or her early career amounted—or should have amounted—to more than a flash in the pan or even a fluke, this recording, Shostakovich and Bartók Violin Concertos with the London Symphony, reveals a richly communicative voice that shouldn’t any longer be stifled; and makes a statement about the future as well as about the past. Urgently recommended.

FanFare Magazine

Violinist Dylana Jenson then took the stage for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35. Jenson is one of those rare virtuosos who almost disappear into the music. Her playing is so matter-of-fact it’s easy to assume that the usual fireworks one associates with this concerto are missing. But that would be a misperception. Instead of visual theatrics, Jenson’s playing exploits the music’s built-in explosions.

Knoxville.com, 2011

Tchaikovsky concerto has a glorious champion in violinist Dylana Jenson … her vehicle with CityMusic is the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, a beloved work that often suffers the slings and arrows of outrageous overexposure. In Jenson’s performance, the piece sounds as enthralling and poetic as the composer intended it to be.

The Plain Dealer, Cleveland.com, 2011