GREAT PERFORMERS

Alina Ibragimova is only 36 years old, but she has lived at least four lives. The first was in her native Russia, where at the age of six she performed with the Bolshoi Orchestra. The second was in London, where in 1995 his father was appointed principal double bass of the London Symphony, and the third was when, in his early twenties, he played and conducted the Kremerata Baltica. And finally, the fourth, which led her to become one of the most sought-after violinist-directors in Europe. Alongside her, performing Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, are Daniel Harding, who brings fantasy, energy and freedom to every performance, and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, one of the many orchestral creatures born from the imagination, desire and utopian vision of Claudio Abbado.