Alina Ibragimova

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

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.

Over the last two seasons Alina has performed concertos with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, Helsinki Philharmonic, working with 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 Orchester 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. Alongside her regular collaborations with pianist Cédric Tiberghien, Alina is a founding member of the Chiaroscuro Quartet – one of the most sought-after period ensembles.

Alina’s discography 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.  Her most recent recording is Telemann’s Fantasias for Solo Violin.

Born in Russia in 1985, Alina attended the Moscow Gnesin School, The Yehudi Menuhin School and Royal College of Music, studying with Natasha Boyarsky, Gordan Nikolitch and Christian Tetzlaff. 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.