“Chamber’s Engaging New Hope… Burashko has assembled a high-powered group of fellow instrumentalists with a taste for chamber music. The group varies depending on the needs of the music at hand, but includes some of the finest musicians in the country. Equally important, there is a programming philosophy that champions musical coherence and innovation. The appropriate shout has to be encore!”
William Littler, Toronto Star, 1998

“Art of Time is a vibrant classy addition to Toronto’s new music scene.”
Tamara Bernstein, National Post, 2000

“…a program full of surprises, fine performances and at least one transcendental moment of great beauty.”
Robert Harris, Globe & Mail, 2001

“ Seven of the best instrumental musicians around, pooling their skills under the odd but apt title of the Art of Time Ensemble – apt because what else is music but the art of time?”
Ken Winters, Globe & Mail, 2002

“ There's no greater shock than having something abstract made concrete in front of your eyes in a way you didn't expect. So seeing Variéte successfully match music of a master abstractionist with elements of old-fashioned vaudeville - in a cross-disciplinary effort between the musically experimental Art of Time Ensemble and the dramatically forward Volcano performance company - was particularly shocking and particularly enjoyable.”
John Terauds , Toronto Star, 2004

“ Shrewd and spectacular!”
Robert Everett-Green, Globe & Mail, 2004

Now, my memory of the evening is that of the whole, moving from the guitarists’ prelude in the balcony to the lone dancer’s physical expression of the music played by the piano trio against the video backdrop. Even the performance space, the Harbourfront Centre Theatre, was integral to the experience. It’s a small and warm space in which the audience does not feel distanced from the stage. Hats off to Artistic Director Andrew Burashko for the conception and orchestration of this program and to all of the performers who brought his vision to fruition. I feel that I was drawn closer to Shostakovich the man, his music and experiences through Andrew’s multi-media composition.
Joyce Corbett, The Live Music Report, 2006

“Who said "serious" music is difficult? Well, certainly not Andrew Burashko. He’s one of Canada’s most accomplished classical pianists. But over the past few years Burashko has also turned himself into one of Canada’s most innovative presenters of art-music. Burashko’s mission is to explode the myth that serious music -- call it what you will – only appeals to a refined audience. To Burashko’s way of thinking, it’s all to do with perception and packaging.

Mix things up, throw in a few surprises, have a bit of fun, and all of a sudden "serious" music becomes very listenable … even for people who can’t tell an arpeggio from a rallentando!
Seven years ago Andrew Burashko launched an adaptable ensemble of classical musicians called Art of Time.
Art of Time has mixed jazz and classical, worked circus acts into concerts, reached out to other performance disciplines. It’s broken the serious music mould and won rave reviews – even a Dora Award along the way.
Tonight, Art of Time does it again with a ravishing program of music and dance………..”
Michael Crabb, CBC Radio 1