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The Straits Times (January 2025)​

"Her performance was an unmitigated artistic triumph... the very definition of virtuosity itself. Beauty of tone and purity of intonation were evident from the outset... Her performance [encore] was just sublime."

 

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The Boston Globe

(May 2021, Jury Comment - Angelo Xiang Yu, Menuhin Competition)​

"The first notes that she started playing captured my heart... She's very mature and has such vulnerability... You can feel that personal connection, that charisma. She is not just a great violinist, but a real young artist."

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The Boston Musical Intelligencer on Keila's Tanglewood Debut (July 2026)​

"Her account balanced lyricism with fearless virtuosity" and "she brought luminous tone and poise to Barber's concerto."

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The Boston Musical Intelligencer (April 2024)​

"Wakao wowed us with perfect intonation and a crystalline sound."