"The great Carlos Bonell"
Classic FM magazine, UK, November 2006

"An extraordinary, magical artist"
Corriere della Sera, Reggio Emilia, Italy, October 2006

"An enduring class-act"
Classical Guitar Magazine, UK, July 2006

"Technically perfect, an artist of great elegance and sincere expression who communicates through poetry in sound."
El Norte, Mexico, 13th November 2004

"...ambitious in scope...an audacious display...a musician of rare expressive skills."
Classical Guitar Magazine, UK, March 2000

"High art...a virtuoso performance. A keen aural imagination, and the technique to reproduce the subtlety of tints and tones he hears, is what makes the playing of Bonell so distinctive."
The Times, 29th December 1999

"Supple rhythm and passionately lyrical phrasing. A masterclass in magic"
BBC Music Magazine, January 1999

"Peerless performance...utmost lucidity and gracefulness...magically atmospheric playing."
The West Australian, January 1999

"Carlos Bonell has a huge following in England, and the reception given to his recital was ecstatic. It was a performance of powerful contrasts and glowing colours. Orthodox in the contemporary sense it was not - and how his audience loved it!"
Classical Guitar Magazine, UK, January 1999

"...unfailingly seductive. Bonell possesses that rare ability to 'smile' through the instrument as in Albeniz's popular Granada, and also makes a thing of wonder out of Barrios' Julia Florida." Classic CD Magazine, UK, August 1998 "Great virtuosity...a wonderful variety of colours and rhythms..."
Yorkshire Evening Press, July 1998

"Continuously imaginative, Carlos Bonell makes full use of the expressive palette on whatever style of canvas the music is painted...He eked out each drop of inspiration from his heart. A concert bursting full of ideas."
Classical Guitar Magazine, UK, August 1998

"...a sensitive and poetic exponent... a varied and subtly employed tonal palette and lightly worn virtuosity."
Gramophone Magazine, February 1999

"This live lunchtime concert broadcast by the BBC was packed to the gills. An artist intent on drawing on many colours, Bonell likes to create vibrant pictures in sound."
Classical Guitar Magazine, UK, May 1998

Carlos Bonell in the world premiere of the musical "First Love and First Blood" at the Bridewell Theatre, London: "Carlos Bonell's guitar playing is plaintive and atmospheric"
Mark Cook, Evening Standard, 30 May 2002

Carlos Bonell with the Sofia Symphony Orchestra of Bulgaria in Andorra: "The real star of the evening was Carlos Bonell in a performance of Rodrigo's Aranjuez Concerto in which he revealed a complete mastery of Spanish music"
el Periodic d'Andorra, 8th January 2001

Carlos Bonell with the Sofia Symphony Orchestra of Bulgaria in Andorra: "Carlos Bonell fascinated the public with every note that came from his fingers"
Diari D'Andorra, 8th January 2001

Kinkachoo, I love you. Millennium Guitar, the first 1000 years CD "...a touch of pure spirituality. Bonell adds all his expressive powers to the natural charisma of his mature interpretative art, in a repertoire ideally suited to him"
Guitarart magazine, Italy, December 2001

The Carlos Bonell Ensemble with Elisa "la gambita" in Zeven, Germany "A standing ovation for a brilliant performance"
Zevener Zeitung vom, 13th June 2000