“The more memorable moments came in the Gretchen movement, Bobby Cheng’s creamy oboe tone duetting with solo viola, muted strings offering affectionate support.“
Bachtrack (Concert with London Symphony Orchestra Nov 2017)
“第二幕第十曲的〈場景〉是最為人知的主題，來自香港的雙簧管首席鄭智元表現出色，幾段詠唱都相當出眾，弦樂聲部所渲染的悲劇氣息不浮誇，反帶著抹不去的典雅 ”
Muzikair (Concert at Tokyo Suntory Hall March 2018)
“Le concerto pour hautbois et orchestre de Mozart a également été magistralement interprété avec le soliste Chi-Yuen Cheng”
La Depeche Juillet 2018
“Strauss’ Salome is hardly Arabian Nights fantasy, but the erotic abandon of The Dance of the Seven Veils opened the second half spectacularly, Chi Yuen Cheng’s oboe especially tempting, before a vivid account of Stravinsky’s 1919 suite from The Firebird in which Sokhiev micro-managed every detail superbly.”
Bachtrack (Concert at Philharmonie de Paris May 2017)
“旅法華人作曲家、中央音樂學院校友陳其鋼作曲的《道情》，是用民歌《三十里鋪》爲基本素材，運用深情婉轉、悲涼遼闊的旋律，在雙簧管高音區進行奔放濃烈的情感表達。演奏者鄭智元在演奏過程中，運用雙簧管的氣息、吐音及音色變化等多方面技巧，既顯示出其自身高超的演奏水平，又將此曲表達的情感展現的淋漓盡致。”
Concert at National Centre for the Performing Arts Decembre 2018
BOBBY CHENG Oboist 