Azerbaijani violinist to perform in London

Source: /AzerNews/

Azerbaijani violinist Nazrin Rashidova will give a concert together with Roderick Chadwick in Wigmore Hall in London on September 26.

According to the website of Rashidova, she will perform music pieces with harp accompaniment.

Sponsored by BP since 2011, the Azerbaijani-British violin virtuoso has been performing on stage since early childhood, making her concert debut at the age of 3 in one of the most prestigious palaces in Baku.

Just half a year later, she performed in the Anglo-American University in Cairo. At the same time, she was already appearing with orchestras in the Egyptian Capital. She was an experienced international performer by the time the Cairo Opera House awarded her a Gold Medal after an exceptional solo recital as a six-year-old.

And establishing FeMusa in summer 2008 - Britain's ?rst female chamber orchestra since the 1950's, which was also featured on BBC World News, is merely the latest string to an already accomplished bow.

Nazrin has had the opportunity to play on a very valuable and rare collection of violins by the great violin maker, Antonio Stradivari, and she was also the ?rst student in the history of the Royal Academy of Music, to be lent the '1707 Castelbarco' violin for a long-term period of two years.

She has also given numerous concerts and recitals in the U.S.A, Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Egypt, Oman, Japan and in London at the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Cadogan Hall, St John's Smith Square and Westminster Central Hall.

She now plays on a violin after G.B Guadagnini Milan 1753 'Straus' (Royal Academy of Music Collection) by Professor David Rattray, London 2009 and with an 1890 Lamy bow, generously gifted to her by James Smillie.

Roderick Chadwick is an English classical pianist. He has performed in many European countries, as well as in the United States and Asia. In addition to solo performances, Chadwick is the founder of Plus-Minus Ensemble, and has performed with this group in a number of venues and festivals. He also performs regularly with the Chroma chamber ensemble.Chadwick teaches at the Royal Academy of Music in London.