About Dois Mundos

[Jazz Nu (Holland) March 1999] "When do you 'own' the musical culture of another country? When you can sing a song like Começar de Novo, like Josee Koning does on her CD Dois Mundos."


[Dagblad (Holland) February 1999] "With Dois Mundos Josee Koning strikes again, and even more convincing. The selection of songs is broad, the arrangements are even more varies, and the songs are enchanting. Josee shows a superbe taste." Haarlems

[Monterey County Post (USA) 1999] "This is a lovely album of music that is gentle, fresh, and different, yet unpretentious and relaxed. The songs, thirteen in all, are sagely chosen both for their inner content and for the crystal showcase it provides for the vocalist's ability. She is a female Frank Sinatra in her sound and phrasing. It becomes quickly apparent in the opening Divine Moon and recurs throughout the set. Ms Koning is, I feel, a consummate ballad interpreter, capable of fusing a song with dramatic intensity, making it an intimate experience of great power and warmth. So if you can't visit Brazil, close your eyes, sit back, and use your imagination to listen to Ms Josee Koning with her Sweet Presence."

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About Tribute to Jobim

[The Brazilian Music Review (USA), september 1996] "Songs like Corcovado and Chovenda na Roseira are powerfully seductive, while others are delightfully reminiscent of Bossa’s best offerings.Tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim is a cd on the level of the master himself.."

[O Globo (Brazil), September 1996] "Tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim is a CD on the level of the master himself."

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About her shows in Brazil

[Jornal do Brasil (Brazil) April 1996] "The first and most warm-hearted applause was for Josee Koning, for whom Dori Caymmi produced the wonderful CD Tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim."

[O Globo (Brazil) April 1996] "Before Gal Costa came on stage, Dutch singer Josee Koning conquered the audience with her tribute to Tom Jobim. With charm and in fluently Portuguese she sang Samba de Uma Nota Só, Correnteza and Piano na Mangueira."