Rinat Ibragimov News
Russian contrabassist (1960-2020)
- double bass
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- double-bassist, music teacher, conductor
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2021-11-03 10:20:24
The virtuosic and romantic double bass: Luis Cabrera's entrancing recital, Canto Interno on trptk
Cante Interno - Bottesini, Koussevitzky, Schumann, Franck; Luis Cabrera, Justyna Maj, Sylvia Huang; trptk Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 3 November 2021 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★) Moving from virtuosity to romanticism, double bass player Luis Cabrera shows that his instrument is capable of great expressivity and wonderful variety in this truly engaging recitalLuis Cabrera is a Spanish double bass player who studied in Madrid and in London at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Rinat Ibragimov, a teacher who has had a great influence on him. Cabrera became principal double bass of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 20 in 2006. Since then he has also played as guest with a wide range of ensembles, from the London Symphony Orchestra and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra to Arcangelo, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the London Sinfonietta.For Cante Interno from the trptk label, Luis Cabrera […]
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2020-09-22 11:21:38
London mourns a second principal bass
Gerald Brinnen, former Principal Bass of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, has died aged 88. (Two weeks ago we lost the LSO’s Rinat Ibragimov). Ken Knussen writes for Slipped Disc: Gerald was born in Stockport in May 1932. He began studying the cello with my grandfather, Stuart Knussen Sr., Principal Cello of the Hallé Orchestra and […]
2020-09-04 12:59:04
Radio 3 / BBC4 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment violinists duetted with Nicola Benedetti in lively, playful Vivaldi concertos, which left Handel and Bach sounding a little tame Vivaldi didn’t write his violin concertos for star soloists – he wrote them for the orphans at the convent where he taught – but there are few better vehicles from that era to show off starry playing. This 18th-century Prom by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment was to have been a showcase for two such performers. With Alina Ibragimova having withdrawn following the death of her father – the double bass player Rinat Ibragimov – the day before, Nicola Benedetti was instead joined by a different OAE violinist for each of three double concertos. In this slightly surreal setting – the vast hall empty apart from the socially distanced performers on stage and a few shadowy camera operators […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2020-09-02 18:13:50
London mourns a prominent double bass
The London Symphony Orchestra has announced the death today of its former principal double bass, Rinat Ibragimov. Rinat, who was 60, suffered a stroke six years ago and was unable to play since. Raised in Moscow, he was principal at the Bolshoi before joining the LSO in 1995. He is survived by his wife Lutsia, […]
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