Prom 21: Alina Ibragimova Plays Bach

Violinist Alina Ibragimova is one of the most talented young musicians in the world today. Born in Russia, she moved to England at the age of ten. A year later she was accepted into the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey, before completing her studies at the Royal College of Music, London. Since graduating, she won a reputation as one of the most intelligent and attuned musicians in Britain.

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For the BBC Proms 2015 Alina Ibragimova will take to the Royal Albert Hall stage for two late-night concerts. Over the course of these nights, she will perform Bach’s complete work for solo violin. These six pieces, all completed by 1720, still stand as the high watermark of compositions for the instrument.

The second night begins with the Partita No. 2 in D minor, Bach's music of the profoundest, most lyrical melancholy. The concluding chaconne movement has often been called the greatest solo violin ever written. The Sonata No. 3 in C major is a whirlwind of compositional innovation, centring on a dazzlingly complex fugue. And the Partita No. 3 in E major, alternatively dashing and serene, conjures up its own vivid natual soundworld. By the hand of Ibagimova, these pieces will be sure to enchant. 

£5 Promming tickets available on the day.