Azerbaijani violinist to perform in London
By Sabina Idayatova
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 first 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 first 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.