"MESMERIZING!" - Fanfare Magazine
ELMIRA DARVAROVA
Grammy-nominated, award winning (Gold Medal at the 2017 & 2018 Global Music Awards), a concert violinist since the age of 4, a student of Henryk Szeryng and Josef Gingold, and a former Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York (first ever, and only, female concertmaster in the MET's entire history). Recent CD album reached No. 3 at BILLBOARD Charts
"A marvelous violinist in the tradition of Heifetz..." - AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE "Hairpin clarity...The Latin American rhythms and melodic inflections bathe Darvarova's infinitesimally detailed playing in sunshine" - THE STRAD "Charismatic!" - GRAMOPHONE "Ultra-impassioned, vividly detailed performances" - GRAMOPHONE "Intoxicating tonal beauty, beguilingly sensuous phrasing" - THE STRAD "Silky-smooth voluptuous sound" - THE STRAD "Mesmerizing... Razor-edge accuracy" - FANFARE "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
ELMIRA DARVAROVA's RECORDINGS
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