Alina Ibragimova (b. 28 September 1985) is a British violinist, the youngest-ever winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Emily Anderson Prize.
[edit] Early life and education
Ibragimova was born in Polevskoy, Russia.
Her family was musical, and she began playing the violin at the age of four. As five she started at the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow, studying under Valentina Korolkova, and by the age of six had started her career by playing with various orchestras, including the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra.
In 1996 her father took up the post of principal bass with the London Symphony Orchestra, and the family moved to live in England. In the following year Ibragimova began her studies at the Yehudi Menuhin School (where her mother is professor of violin) under Natasha Boyarskaya.
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