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Alina Ibragimova Plays Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

  • Classical Music
  • Australian Chamber Orchestra
  • Concert Hall
  • Run time: 110 minutes, including 1 interval Subject to change
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The exhilarating virtuoso returns to direct the Australian Chamber Orchestra in a program full of intensity and passion

Alina Ibragimova is an electrifying performer. She lives every moment of the music, inhabiting the emotion so completely you almost miss her technical mastery. A virtuoso in every sense of the word, she invites audiences into her world, offering an experience that is both authentic and thrilling. 

Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major is a concerto so demanding it was deemed unplayable by its original dedicatee. Reeling from a disastrous marriage and withdrawn from the world, Tchaikovsky sketched it in just 11 days, pouring his melancholy and restlessness into a work that audiences love and violinists savour. It encompasses romance and passion, pulsing with the dynamic rhythms of folk dance.

Bookended by Tchaikovsky, the concert opens with Anton Arensky’s Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky: a lush string work of contrast and colour, at times playful and offbeat, at times tender and sonorous. Bacewicz’s shimmering Divertimento for String Orchestra offers a moment to showcase the invigorating brilliance and virtuosity of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and contrasts with a new commission from Pēteris Vasks, beloved for his languid, meditative music that speaks of longing, beauty and hope. 

Consider this concert a celebration of human endeavour. This is music that demands mastery and expresses the full range of human emotion.

Presented by the Australian Chamber Orchestra

Event details

The phenomenal Alina Ibragimova was the night’s brilliant star.

The Guardian UK

Program

Anton Arensky Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op.35a

Pēteris Vasks Pateicības Dziedājums (Chant of Gratefulness)* (Australian Premiere)

Grażyna Bacewicz Divertimento for String Orchestra

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. Bernard Rofe) Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35


*Co-commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, and Münchener Kammerorchester.

Artists

Guest Director & Violin Alina Ibragimova

Australian Chamber Orchestra

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Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Concert Hall

The Concert Hall is located beneath the largest of Sydney Opera House’s roof sails, filling the upper levels of the west side of the building. Best accessed through the covered concourse. 

All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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