»Martinović offered the audience a fascinating interpretation of the
Hammerklavier Sonate, where passages of prosaic meditation, fugued cuts and eruptive, dramatic peaks heve been following one another in a unique manner...«

Dnevnik,  Serbia, 1999.

»The great composer Chopin found in Martinović his great interpreter, both of them sharing the same passions…«

Turun Sanomat, Finland, 2000.

»Martinović played in an extremely powerful, grand style..Backed up  by an excellent orchestra, he gave an evening of overpowering emotions…«

Daily Helsingborg, Sweden, 2000.

»...He performed 6 moment musiceaux 16, by S. Rachmaninoff superiorlatively with great contrasts between the softness,almost fading away, expressive melody and masculinity, gentle tranquility and violent force...Calmness,perfect concentration,an exquisite study adorned the entire recital...«

Pro musica, Serbia, 2001

»... an interpretation which, in its stratified shades,cherishes both loneliness and doubt and clarity and search for the lost time, for the just discovered sound, for Music itself...«

CKL,Montenegro, 2001.

»...Undoubtedly, Martinović belongs to the generation of most refined pianists...amazingly controlled touch which offers unexpected nuances of sound...«

Politika, Serbia, 2001

»Martinović performs with an immeasurable superiority...There is not one muscle that does not tremble, not one glance which turns away from the piano, there is just attention that cannot be disrupted by anything or anyone...He performs in semi-shade which suits his introspection..his sound has unusually reminded us of Dinu Lipatti...«

Luxemburger Vort, Luxembourg, 2001.

»If the pianist's personal style possesses its own charisma, its own special energy, and we can say this is undeniably the case with Ratimir Martinović, then we can relax, sit back and enjoy listening to these NEW old hits«

CD booklet, Ira Prodanov,  2002.

» Thunders in Helium!!! Knight at the piano!

Danas, Serbia, 2003.

»...trully exceptional, first-class pianist!«

Dnevnik, Novi Sad, Srbija, 2004.

»Gigantically powerful and simultaneously refined performance... when Bach is performed like this, one can honestly enjoy it for hours... the only thing we could say after this magnificant recital was just-THANK YOU!!!«

Morning newspaper, Zagreb, Croatia, 2005.

»An artist of extraordinary and almost prayerful concentration, beautiful tone control, distinct polyphony, and the right balance of the intellect and sensitivity.«

Evening paper, Zagreb, Croatia, 2005.

»It seems that the sounds filling the concert hall don’t come out of the instrument we see on stage. It seems there are various instruments playing, that is how wide his colour range is. Bach’s work “Aria Variata Alla Maniera Italiana” BWV 989, sounds gently romantic and firm and determined and fragile like violin flageolets...

Vjesnik, Zagreb, Croatia, 2005.

»True Baroque apotheosis... an elegant walk through musical centuries...perfect technique, extraordinary pianist potential and original musical expression...

Novi list, Rijeka, Croatia, 2005.

»Energy, a fantastic expression of passion and excitement that breathe in fluid into all the pores of the musical material, encapturing the audience’s attention...«

Il voce del popolo, 2005.

»A brilliantly virtuosic and rhythmically complex Prokofiev’s First Piano Concerto ....a superior interpretation!«

Dnevnik, Serbia, 2005.

„...Musician who can be compared with the world's greatest elite."

Vijenac, Croatia, 2007.

„...It has to be emphasized that the concert was a gift which we opened with a smile..."

Dnevnik, Srbija, 2007.

"...His music is almighty, overwhealming, egoistic, marvelous!"

Magazine of Art and Culture, Mexico, 2007.