Alina Ibragimova (Violin soloist)
Performing music from baroque to new commissions on both modern and period
instruments, Alina Ibragimova has established a reputation as one of the most
accomplished and intriguing violinists of the younger generation. This was
illustrated in her prominent presence at the 2015 BBC Proms, which
included a concerto with a symphony orchestra, a concerto with a baroque
ensemble and two Royal Albert Hall late-night recitals featuring the complete
Bach partitas and sonatas, which commanded capacity audiences, and for which The
Guardian commented “The immediacy and honesty of Ibragimova’s playing has the
curious ability to collapse any sense of distance between performer and
listener”.
Highlights among future concerto engagements include debuts with the Boston
Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Royal Stockholm
Philharmonic, Hungarian National Philharmonic, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Tokyo
Symphony, returns with the London Symphony, BBC Symphony, residencies with the
Strasbourg Philharmonic and at the Casa della Musica in Porto, as well as
extensive touring in Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Tasmania
symphony orchestras).
As a recitalist, Alina has appeared at venues including the Wigmore Hall,
Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Salzburg Mozarteum, Vienna’s Musikverein, Park Avenue
Armory in New York, Carnegie Hall, Palais des Beaux Arts Brussels, Theatre des
Champs-Elysees, Vancouver Recital Series, San Francisco Performances, and at
festivals including Salzburg, Verbier, Gstaad, MDR Musiksommer, Manchester
International, Lockenhaus, Lucerne, Mostly Mozart New York and Aldeburgh.
Her long-standing duo partnership with pianist Cédric Tiberghien has featured
a highly successful complete cycle of both the Beethoven and Mozart violin
sonatas at the Wigmore Hall. Future plans for the duo also include extensive
touring in Japan and North America.
Over the years, Alina has appeared with orchestras including the London
Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Bamberger
Symphoniker, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln,
Stuttgart Radio Symphony, Orquestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Seattle
Symphony, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Philharmonia, Orchestra of the Age of
Enlightenment, and all the BBC orchestras. Conductors with whom Alina has worked
include Bernard Haitink, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Valery Gergiev, Paavo Järvi,
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Vladimir Jurowski, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Sir Charles
Mackerras, Sir Mark Elder, Philippe Herreweghe, Osmo Vänskä, Hannu Lintu, Sakari
Oramo, Ilan Volkov, Tugan Sokhiev, Jakub Hrusa, Ludovic Morlot, Edward Gardner
and Gianandrea Noseda. As soloist/director Alina has toured with the
Kremerata Baltica, Britten Sinfonia, Academy of Ancient Music, and the
Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Born in Russia in 1985 Alina studied at the Moscow Gnesin School before
moving with her family to the UK in 1995 where she studied at the Yehudi Menuhin
School and Royal College of Music. She was also a member of the Kronberg Academy
Masters programme. Alina's teachers have included Natasha Boyarsky, Gordan
Nikolitch and Christian Tetzlaff.
Alina has been the recipient of awards including the Royal Philharmonic
Society Young Artist Award 2010, the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award 2008, the
Classical BRIT Young Performer of the Year Award 2009 and was a member of the
BBC New Generation Artists Scheme 2005-7. She was made an MBE in the 2016 New
Year Honours List. Alina records for Hyperion Records and performs on a c.1775
Anselmo Bellosio violin generously provided by Georg von Opel.
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