Born in Russia in 1985 Alina Ibragimova studied at the Moscow Gnesin School before moving with her family to the UK 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 performed on both modern and period instruments with orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and all the BBC orchestras. Conductors with whom Alina has worked include Valery Gergiev, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Mark Elder, Paavo Järvi, Richard Hickox, Osmo Vänskä, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Tugan Sokhiev, 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.

With regular recital partner Cédric Tiberghien and in solo and chamber music Alina has appeared at venues including Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw, Mozarteum, Musikverein, Carnegie Hall, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Vancouver Recital Series, and at festivals including Salzburg, Verbier, MDR Musiksommer, Manchester International, Lockenhaus and Aldeburgh. She has been the recipient of awards including the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award 2010, Borletti–Buitoni Trust and a Classical BRIT, and was a member of the BBC New Generation Artists Scheme from 2005 to 2007. Alina was awarded an MBE in the 2016 New Year’s Honours list.

Alina performs on a Anselmo Bellosio violin of c1775 kindly provided by Georg von Opel.