Azernews.Az

Azerbaijani violinist Sabina Rakcheyeva will give concerts in September and October in European countries, AzerTag state news agency reported.

She will perform in Berlin, Germany, Brighton, Glasgow, UK on September 8-13, September 15 and 22 respectively.

Member of the European Cultural Parliament, winner of "The Best Violinist of the Year" competition in Baku, first recipient of "Artist in Residence" Award from the Fund of Mutual Understanding in New York and a scholarship from Italian Ministry of Culture, Rakcheyeva is the first ever Azerbaijani to be accepted to the prestigious Juilliard School in New York.

She appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Azerbaijan, Europe and the United States, performed in more than forty countries and was featured on BBC, CNN, Voice of America Radio and U.S. Government Television.

Sabina began studying violin at the age of six. She also holds Certificates in Performance from Academia Chigiana (Italy) and Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts(France). She has studied with Masao Kawasaki, Franco Gulli, Stephen Clapp, and Mikhail Kugel and has played in master classes for Mstislav Rostropovich, Joseph Silverstein, James Buswell, Gerard Poulet, Mauricio Fuks, Robert Levine, Harvey Shapiro and Charles Neidich.