Photo: The Keyboard Charitable Trust

"[...] This youthful work Pavle played with astonishing clarity and bravura that with some judicious cuts could grace the concert hall as a virtuoso encore piece.
It was interesting after hearing his very musicianly account of the Chopin Sonata to learn that he was using the new recommended Ekier edition where the question of the first movement repeat was swiftly resolved.
Not only was it his brilliant playing but also his very eloquent explanation that made a very persuasive case for an edition that my generation still find rather clinical and hard to accept compared to the old Paderewski Edition which is now by the Chopin National Edition to be considered obsolete! [...]"

— Christopher Axworthy, Christopher Axworthy Music Commentary (February 12, 2023)

Photo: Ouest France

 "[...] He was brilliant, judged Philippe Vert. It is the freshness of youth that has won us over. He will go very far. [...]"

— Philippe Vert, Ouest France (April 14, 2019)

"[...] The young pianist interpreted them virtuously, but gently, almost etherically, pearly, with tastefully measured rubatos and without any dynamic brutality, in wide gradation arches [...]"

— Gordana Krajačić, Književne novine (March 1, 2016)

Photo: Dragana Vlašić

"[...]And exactly that serious, thought out and dramatically worked out and musical in a measured way, stylistically appropriate interpretation, with the right rubatos and cesuras for Chopin, which breathes with delicately nuanced phrases, is a result of the individuality of the pianistic sensibility of Pavle Krstic[...]"

— Marija Adamov, Dnevnik (February 23, 2016)

"[...] we already now noticed that an artist, which shows individuality and authenticity, is before us [...]"

— Tamara Maljković, Ars sonora (February 15, 2016)

"[...]The winner was the 16 year old Serb Pavle Krstic, who performed with technical sovereignty and with brilliant and lyrical expression[...]"

— C. F. Pichler, Dolomiten (May 5, 2015)

"[...] who performs even the most demanding works with ease, composure, and high level of preparation. [...]"

— Marija Adamov, Dnevnik (May 4, 2011)