Alina Ibragimova
Alina Ibragimova
Alina Ibragimova

Performing music from baroque to new commissions on both modern and period instruments, Alina Ibragimova is recognised for the “immediacy and honesty” of her performances.

“The immediacy and honesty of Ibragimova’s playing has the curious ability to collapse any sense of distance between performer and listener.” 

The Guardian

The 2024/25 season sees Alina perform with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Bamberger Symphoniker, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, City of Birmingham Symphony and Swedish Chamber Orchestra, working with Vladimir Jurowski, Hannu Lintu, Anja Bihlmaier, Michael Sanderling, Iván Fischer and Krzysztof Urbański. She also continues her partnership with pianist Cédric Tiberghien for recital tours of the United States, United Kingdom and Japan.

Highlights of the previous two seasons have included concerts with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, San Francisco Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, with conductors including Robin Ticciati, Ryan Bancroft, Maxim Emelyanychev and Daniel Harding. She was also artist-in-residence with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and toured Europe with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Kammerorchester Basel.

In recital, Alina regularly performs at London’s Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Saal, Salzburg’s Mozarteum, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie and at the Royal Albert Hall where she performed Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin at part of the BBC Proms. She frequently collaborates with pianist Cédric Tiberghien, and is a founding member of the Chiaroscuro Quartet – one of the most sought-after period ensembles.

Alina’s discography on Hyperion Records ranges from Bach Concertos with Arcangelo through to Prokofiev Sonatas with Steven Osborne. Her 2020 recording of Shostakovich’s Violin Concertos won a Gramophone Award, while her 2021 recording of Paganini’s 24 Caprices topped the classical album charts on its release.

Born in Russia in 1985, Alina attended the Moscow Gnesin School, Yehudi Menuhin School and Royal College of Music, studying with Valentina Korolkova, Natasha Boyarsky, Gordan Nikolitch, Christian Tetzlaff and Adrian Butterfield for Historical Performance. An alumnus of the BBC New Generation Artists Scheme, Alina’s many accolades include two Royal Philharmonic Society awards and an MBE in the 2016 New Year Honours List.

Alina performs on a c.1775 Anselmo Bellosio violin kindly provided by Georg von Opel.

Alina Ibragimova

Performing music from baroque to new commissions on both modern and period instruments, Alina Ibragimova is recognised for the “immediacy and honesty” of her performances.

“The immediacy and honesty of Ibragimova’s playing has the curious ability to collapse any sense of distance between performer and listener.” 

The Guardian

The 2024/25 season sees Alina perform with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Bamberger Symphoniker, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, City of Birmingham Symphony and Swedish Chamber Orchestra, working with Vladimir Jurowski, Hannu Lintu, Anja Bihlmaier, Michael Sanderling, Iván Fischer and Krzysztof Urbański. She also continues her partnership with pianist Cédric Tiberghien for recital tours of the United States, United Kingdom and Japan.

Highlights of the previous two seasons have included concerts with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, San Francisco Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, with conductors including Robin Ticciati, Ryan Bancroft, Maxim Emelyanychev and Daniel Harding. She was also artist-in-residence with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and toured Europe with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Kammerorchester Basel.

In recital, Alina regularly performs at London’s Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Saal, Salzburg’s Mozarteum, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie and at the Royal Albert Hall where she performed Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin at part of the BBC Proms. She frequently collaborates with pianist Cédric Tiberghien, and is a founding member of the Chiaroscuro Quartet – one of the most sought-after period ensembles.

Alina’s discography on Hyperion Records ranges from Bach Concertos with Arcangelo through to Prokofiev Sonatas with Steven Osborne. Her 2020 recording of Shostakovich’s Violin Concertos won a Gramophone Award, while her 2021 recording of Paganini’s 24 Caprices topped the classical album charts on its release.

Born in Russia in 1985, Alina attended the Moscow Gnesin School, Yehudi Menuhin School and Royal College of Music, studying with Valentina Korolkova, Natasha Boyarsky, Gordan Nikolitch, Christian Tetzlaff and Adrian Butterfield for Historical Performance. An alumnus of the BBC New Generation Artists Scheme, Alina’s many accolades include two Royal Philharmonic Society awards and an MBE in the 2016 New Year Honours List.

Alina performs on a c.1775 Anselmo Bellosio violin kindly provided by Georg von Opel.