"New Arts Complex in Folsom Draws Eyes, Ears, and High Hopes"
- San Francisco Classical Voice, June 13, 2011
"Der Dirigent Daniel Alfred Wachs aus den USA agierte als inspirierender Sachwalter, der alle Beteiligten präzise durch die Partitur führte."
(The conductor Daniel Alfred Wachs from the United States was an inspiring advocate, bringing out every detail of the score with precision.)
- Dreh Punkt Kultur, November 7, 2010
"Spartanburg Philharmonic closes season with the classics..."
- GoUpstate.com, April 8, 2010
“The performance was smashing thanks in no small part to the exceptionally well-practiced pre-professionals, who brought a sparkle to the Salzburgers’ sound that wasn’t there before. Thus a few notes about OCYSO, which is led by Daniel Alfred Wachs, are in order…”
- Mark Swed, LA Times, October 25, 2009
"O.C. Youth Orchestra to join Mozarteum Orchestra for U.S. premiere"
- OC Register, September 3, 2009
"Wachs has brought elegance, passion and a golden tone to the Chapman orchestra, and has infused the OC Youth Symphony with precision and grace. Think of him as Orange County's Dudamel. "
- OC Register, March 9, 2009
"During the presentation portion of the program, Koshak was named music director emeritus of the ensemble and Daniel Alfred Wachs... his heir"
- OC Register, May 5, 2008
"The concert ended with a screening of the 1936 New Deal documentary The Plow that Broke the Plains, supported by a performance of Thomson’s enduring score by members of the Pacific Symphony and the Chapman Chamber Orchestra, expertly synchronised by the conductor Daniel Alfred Wachs..."
- Financial Times, February 14, 2008
"Wachs' light, smartly assayed passagework eschewed flourish, hewing to the concerto's classic sensibility"
- Sun-Sentinel, January 15, 2008
"Chapman's Music Conductor Moonlights a World Away"
- Chapman University's PROWL, Spring 2007
"Guest artist Daniel Alfred Wachs was like icing on the torte. A conductor as well as a pianist, Wachs proved himself a formidable Mozartian in not one, but two of his piano concertos...Concerto No. 11 in F Major, K.413, and No. 9 in E-flat Major, K.271 ("Jeunehomme")”
- Cincinnati Post, Mon, June 26, 2006
“Wachs proved a revelation, delivering a technically impeccable, emotionally powerful performance of two Mozart piano concertos and a pair of solo works…”
- St. Paul Pioneer Press, Sat, March 5, 2005
"One Brahms Symphony, Hold the Vibrato"
By DANIEL ALFRED WACHS
- The Juilliard Journal, December, 2002
“Conductor Daniel Alfred Wachs led the nimble-fingered forces with accomplishment…”
- Classics Today.com, July 21, 2002