Alina Ibragimova
Alina Ibragimova
The Times has written that Alina Ibragimova performs with “a mixture of total abandonment and total control that is in no way contradictory” and that she is “destined to be a force in the classical music firmament for decades to come”.
With repertoire encompassing baroque to contemporary works, Alina Ibragimova's recent engagements have included her BBC Proms debut with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonia, HR Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt and the City of Birmingham Symphony, with conductors including Sir Charles Mackerras, Osmo Vänskä, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jac van Steen and Gianandrea Noseda.
Alina made her debut as soloist/director with the Kremerata Baltica during Salzburg Mozartwoche 2005, and has since performed with the Kremerata and Gidon Kremer at Salle Pleyel Paris, Mozartwoche 2008, and the Salzburg, Verbier and MDR Musiksommer festivals. She also collaborates regularly as soloist/director with the Britten Sinfonia and will tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, directing from the violin, in autumn 2008.
Alina has performed solo recitals, duo recitals, and chamber music, at the Musée du Louvre Paris, Wigmore Hall London, for NHK Television in Japan and at festivals including Salzburg, Verbier, City of London, Lockenhaus, Heimbach, Aldeburgh and Moritzburg. She was a member of the BBC New Generation Artists Scheme 2005-7, appearing frequently on BBC Radio 3 and with all the BBC orchestras.
Born in Russia in 1985, Alina is a former pupil of the Moscow Gnesin and Yehudi Menuhin schools, and the Royal College of Music London. Her teachers have included Natasha Boyarsky, Gordan Nikolitch, Christian Tetzlaff, and Adrian Butterfield for baroque and classical violin.
Alina records for Hyperion Records and her debut CD was released in September 2007. She performs on a 1738 Pietro Guarneri of Venice violin, kindly provided by Georg von Opel, and is a recipient of a 2008 Borletti-Buitoni Trust award.
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