The Strad April 2005
"The
sound of (James Dunham’s)
Gasparo da Salo instrument
was the aural equivalent of a rare VSOP cognac…" - Dennis
Rooney
Dallas Morning News October
1, 2007
"Violist James Dunham’s warm-toned
contributions were…oases
of beauty." - Scott Cantrell
Washington Post January 28, 2008
"(James) Dunham rose to the challenge, reveling
in the rich sound of the viola (both round and focused, with a golden
timbre). He took the lead where necessary, as though he had been a longtime
member (of the Axelrod Quartet)." - Ronni Reich
Washington Post Feb.
19, 2009
Trio con Brio Copenhagen at Library of Congress
"The rich, loamy sound of violist James Dunham...improved
the balance between piano and strings in Mendelssohn's Third Piano Quartet,
Op. 3." - Charles T. Downey
Diario de Sevilla September 2009
"Just the Adagio from the (Viola) sonata of Shostakovich was
worth the whole Festival, thanks to the impressive version offered by Dunham,
from the beauty of the sound to the intense expression." - Andrés
Moreno Mengibar

