"Rissmann is without parallel. He has a line of communication that exactly matches, then advances, the listening skills of his audience,
whether they are of nursery, primary, or secondary school age"
The Herald

"Paul Rissmann is the Jamie Oliver of music animateurs"

Neue Musikzeitung

"Rissmann is one of the most individual communicators of music to audiences, from nursery children to those older generations whose growing allegiance have made his Naked Classics series with the RSNO such an unqualified success"

The Scotsman

"Listen he said and they listened. Watch he said and they watched.
Rissmann's entertaining analysis was absolute"

Times Educational Supplement