The violinist Alina Ibragimova doesn't do things the easy way. As a result, her playing possesses both terrifying rawness and electrifying energy There are some performers who don't so much interpret ...

Perfectly paired, violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout’s recital was a masterclass in how familiar repertoire can be lifted from the page and fashioned anew It may be a ...

Prokofiev’s music is often fierce, sardonic, epic or lyrical. But there’s very little in his catalog that boasts the sheer tragic intensity of his F-Minor Violin Sonata, which forms the opening ...

Alina Ibragimova is not a violinist who ducks a challenge. Her recital programme was to have included all three Brahms violin sonatas, but when her pianist withdrew, she turned to something requiring ...

Between these huge flavours, Ibragimova offered refinement and elegance but also an exhilarating marriage of feeling and technique. Away from the concerto stage, Ibragimova has emerged as a truly ...

The musicians of the Baltic region exert an influence out of all proportion to their numbers. This eclectically programmed concert by the Britten Sinfonia, which was centred on works by two living ...

Brahms (pictured below) places much of the violin writing in the instrument’s lower register, where Ibragimova’s warm, rich tone is at its most appealing. She is economical with her vibrato, focussing ...

Late-night Bach is a feature of this year’s Proms, with the focus falling predominantly, though not exclusively, on the solo instrumental works. András Schiff’s Goldberg Variations and Yo-Yo Ma’s ...

After many decades, Bath's final Bach festival was in 2010, but it's been reborn as the BachFest under the artistic direction of Amelia Freedman, whose November MozartFest goes from strength to ...

Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose works include Music: Healing The Rift, a personal history of modern music. He has been involved in music as a composer, ...

Left to her own devices, this 26-year-old firecracker would probably be happier unleashing a chunky and esoteric sweetmeat from the pioneering Russian modernist Nikolai Roslavetz – she’s recorded him ...