Alina Ibragimova. Photo courtesy of Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) has appointed violinist Alina Ibragimova as its newest artistic partner. She joins the SPCO’s roster of five artistic partners from around the world, who return each season to develop and lead programs for the Twin Cities community. Her tenure will begin in the 2026-2027 season. Ibragimova made her SPCO debut in February 2024, leading Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, and she returned in January 2026 with Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto. The 2025-26 season sees Ibragimova perform with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, London Philharmonic, Wiener Symphoniker, Finnish Radio Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Dresdner Philharmonie, Boulez Ensemble, and Kammerakademie Potsdam. She also plays with and leads the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Camerata Bern. In recital, Ibragimova regularly performs at London’s Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Saal, Salzburg’s Mozarteum, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, and at the Royal Albert Hall. She is a founding member of the Chiaroscuro Quartet period music ensemble. Ibragimova’s 2020 recording of Shostakovich’s Violin Concertos won a Gramophone Award. Born in Russia in 1985, Ibragimova attended the Moscow Gnesin School, Yehudi Menuhin School, and Royal College of Music.
