SWR Astrid Karger
“The most rewarding work… featured Sae Hashimoto, an alert Juilliard percussionist, seductive yet sharp on the marimba that dominates the score, her tone ranging from warm milk to ice water.”
— The New York Times
“...the sheer tigerish enthusiasm and technical aplomb of the musicians, reinforced at every appropriate moment by the incisive contributions of Japanese-born timpanist Sae Hashimoto, ensured an effect of more than ordinary grandeur and nobility.”
— Seen and Heart International
“Changing mallets and touches and resonance settings, Hashimoto drew an exceptional range of colors from her instrument, sometimes in counterpoint with each other, as in the layered opening to “Truth.” Her samba beat gently animated the evanescent “Song,” like long-ago fun fleetingly remembered.”