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Azerbaijani cellist to perform at Ripon Int’l Music Festival

12 September 2018 [14:15] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Laman Ismayilova

The Ripon International Music Festival is underway in England.

Azerbaijani cellist Jamal Aliyev and  the Royal Northern Sinfonia orchestra will perform at Royal Hall on October 6 as part of the festival.

In 2017 Jamal Aliyev made his solo debut at the BBC Proms, won the Arts Club – Sir Karl Jenkins Music Award and was selected for representation by YCAT UK. His debut CD “Russian Masters” was released by Champs Hill records to critical acclaim.

The musician performed on BBC Radio 3, Medici TV and London Live TV on many occasions, including his solo performance with the BBC Concert Orchestra where he gave his debut live broadcast at the Menuhin Hall.

As a soloist he has and will appear with the Bilkent Symphony, Istanbul State Symphony, Eskisehir Symphony and Presidential Symphony Orchestras of Turkey, El Sistema Symphony of Venezuela, Kennemer Jeugd Orkest of Holland, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Orpheus Sinfonia, the Sampson Orchestra of Cambridge, the Guildford, Epsom and Croydon Symphony Orchestras, among many others.

During his studies Jamal has won numerous awards including the Musicians’ Company Prince’s Prize (2017) and 1st Prize at the Eastbourne (2016), Croydon (2015), Bromsgrove (2015), Muriel Taylor (2014) and V. Antonio Janigro International Competitions (2004). 

Jamal plays on a Giovanni Battista Gabrielli cello (1756) on generous loan from a patron of Beares International Violin Society, London.

The Ripon International Festival is a world-class celebration of great orchestras, choral, chamber and folk concerts, jazz, gypsy, literary celebrities and poetry, in Ripon Cathedral, the Royal Hall – Harrogate’s "Palace of Gold", Markenfield Hall – moated mediaeval manor, and historic village churches.

It was founded in 1997 by international pianist and conductor Janusz Piotrowicz and classical music promoter Susan Goldsbrough. The inaugural festival took place in September 1998. 

Over the years the festival has steadily developed the scope of its programme and built a strong following from throughout the UK with visitors from Europe, Canada, Australia, South Africa, and the U.S.

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