Elmira Darvarova

            "Intoxicating tonal beauty and beguilingly 

        sensuous phrasing"   THE STRAD (November 2011)

  "Silky-smooth voluptuous sound..." THE STRAD (Nov. '09)

   "Mesmerizing...Razor-edge accuracy..." FANFARE, 2009

 "..Flawless technique and musicality...warm, beautiful tone.          A night to remember. " THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

  "......Sweet, flexible tone.......admirably speedy but clearly  articulated.........fluid, finely balanced and sharply accented performance."     THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 2010

A concert violinist since the age of 4, Elmira Darvarova performs worldwide to great acclaim, having won prizes in numerous international competitions, including the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. She studied with music legends Henryk Szeryng and Josef Gingold.  Herbert von Karajan chose her to perform the Brahms Concerto for one of his film projects.  

She caused a sensation, becoming the first ever woman-concertmaster in the history of the Metropolitan Opera  in New York.  She has also led, as concertmaster, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Columbus Symphony and the Grant Park Symphony in Chicago.  Elmira Darvarova has recorded for Naxos, Sony, Deutsche Grammophon, Azur Classics, Urlicht AudioVisual,  Delphinium Records and Melodiya.  She has appeared in recitals and as soloist on 4 continents, and has performed concertos with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra and with numerous European and American orchestras.  She has given recitals and master classes at many festivals worldwide, and is the Leader of the New York Piano Quartet. Elmira Darvarova is Jury President of the Salieri-Zinetti International Competition for Chamber Music in Verona, Italy.  She is also President and Artistic Director of the New York Chamber Music Festival.

Photo:  David Finlayson