Der Bund, Aug 2023 "One of the most exciting guitarists in the country"
Berner Kulturagenda, Aug 23 baroque-ensemble meets jazz guitar
Wendlandjazz Concert Review, June 2023 distinctive sound and deep compositions
Jazz n' more, Tom Gsteiger, Dec 2022: A favorite Album
Der Bund (CH), May 2022 "Jazz with a dose of Psychedelic"
Martin Burkhalter, Berner Zeitung, Sept 2021: "Remember this guitar player"
Neuguitars, Andrea Aguzzi, Sep 21 "Howald’s music expresses a concrete, serene beauty, which he smacks of resilience and hope"
Truth & Lies Magazine, Justin Turford, Sep 21: "the ebb and flow of different emotions give an insight into the artist’s soul as he navigated this strangest of times."
Jazzism NL, Coen de Jonge, June 2021 "Beautifully drawn-out tapestries of sound."
Patrick Španko, skjazz.sk, February 2021 "Dimitri Howald has a very specific feeling for melodicity, which is no longer so commonplace. (...) He often focuses on unique sound paintings and melancholic surfaces."
Michael Tucker, Jazz Jorunal UK, February 2021: "An assured, space-conscious player, equally at ease with matters of flowing linear development and rubato reverie."
Marc Phillips, parttimeaudiophile, February 2021: „ It’s youth, it’s a new vision that might just carry us forward.“
Andrew Read, Jazz In Europe, February 2021: "This album does have a wonderfully fresh feel."
Jazzthing, January 2021 „a spiritual sonic universe of collective expression.“
Thurnherr, Jazz'n'more, Januar 2021: "It’s not just storys being told in Howalds compositions, but also moods and emotions that he uses to express his inner self."
Fella & Koch, 3fach, November 2020: "wicked, yet intimate!"
Salvai Adàm, JazzMa (HUN), November 2020: "Impressive. A very pleasant experience for the soul and the ears."
Jan Hocek, Jazz Port (CZ), November 2020: "Immersive compositions, with rich timbre (..) a feast!"
Hans Invernizzi, JazzFlits, November 2020 "[..]and while Ilja is not an experimental group, there is a lot of space for new ideas and freedom, both rhythmically and melodically. A good case for honoring jazz in Switzerland."
Bruegger, Radio Fribourg, Oktober 2020 Interview zum Album "Spiritual Cylce"
Kuratle, KSB Kulturmagazin März 2019: In Dead Man’scher Manier, Bild wie Ton, kommt das Werk daher (..) Ein stimmiges Ganzes, passend zu Rauchigem, am besten abends spät.
Christof Thurnherr, Jazz n’ more Januar 2019: „Mit ‚Tundra' zeigt Dimitri Howald, dass moderner Jazz auch ohne Provokation auskommt, und trotzdem vom ersten bis zum letzten Ton packen kann."
XYMNA ENGEL, DER BUND NOVEMBER 2018: "...TUNDRA is an excursion into the endless fantasies of jazz”
ROLF THOMAS, JAZZTHING NOVEMBER 2018: "OBWOHL EIGENTLICH ALLE ZUTATEN BEKANNT SIND, HAT HOWALD MIT ILJA EINEN KLANGKÖRPER GESCHAFFEN, DER MEHR IST ALS DIE SUMME SEINER TEILE."
MIRKO SCHWAB, KULTURBLOG (DER BUND): "WIE EIN LUZIDER TRÄUMER SCHEINT HOWALD BARFUSS DURCH DIE AUSGESUCHTEN NOTEN ZU SCHLENDERN."