- "Local piano virtuoso Dr. Gulimina Mahamuti wowed the audience with her masterful performance of Benjamin Britten's challenging Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 13, .... A long and appreciative standing ovation ... kept Mahamuti and Hong [Guest Maestro] on their feet following the moving performance of Britten's concerto which included: I. Toccata II. Waltz III. Impromptu and IV. March."
- "It was a real cultural phenomenon and a musical feast for the audience that packed the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall…. The audience members of the recital …, have assuredly experienced how alike the voices from Turkey and melodies from the Uyghur soil are…. Raised in China's Uyghur region, Gulimina Mahamuti presented the sonorities of the region by two composers. The Uyghur region's own Shi Fu's Xinjiang Suite No. 2, was in four movements and composed from 1959 through 1981. The Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tajik people's voices of northwestern China were not different from that of Saygun's sonata and suite.... Performed by violinist Selim Giray and pianist Gulimina Mahamuti, Emre Araci’s Bosphorus by Moonlight created the finale that embraced all common emotions and sonorities presented in previous compositions, and brought the audience to their feet as they applauded the composer and the performers...."
- "... magnificent, hearty, performance by Gulimina ... moved every audience ..." -- Heilongjiang Daily News: 唐小清 (Tang Xiaoqing)
