Curriculum VitaeEducation
2007-present PhD Candidate University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies
2007 Postgraduate Diploma Royal Conservatory, Gent/Belgium
2002 Master of Music Program The Juilliard School, New York
1999 Certificate / Violin Performance Academia Musicale Chigiana, Italy
1998 Bachelor of Music Program Baku Music Academy
1994 Diploma / Violin performance Azerbaijan State Music College
Principal Teachers
Masao Kawasaki
Franco Gulli
Stephen Clapp
Michael Kugel
Masterclasses
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mauricio Fuks
Joseph Silverstein
Gerard Poulet
James Buswell
Robert Levine
Altenberg Trio, Vienna
Performance Experience
Solo and Chamber Music Performances
2008 Brunei Gallery, London (With Sabina Rakcheyeva Trio)
2008 Carnegie Hall, New York (With New England Ensemble)
2008 Thun /Geneva, Switzerland (Verbier Quintet)
2008 Azerbaijani Parliament
2008 Venice Biennale
2008 Performance at Barenboim’s Honorary DMus Ceremony, University of London
2008 World Music Career Forum, University of London
2008 Teatro Verdi, Pisa, Italy
2008 Kulturcasino, Interlaken, Switzerland
2007 Carnegie Hall, New York (With New England Ensemble)
2006 Chateau La Hulpe, Belgium
2006 Martin Bodmer Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland
2006 Leighton Museum, London, United Kingdom
2006 London University, United Kingdom
2006 Royal Conservatory, Belgium
2005 Handelsbeurs Hall, Belgium
2004 Performing Arts Center, Sarasota, FL
2003, 2004 Lincoln Center, New York
2002 The Museum of the American Piano, New York
2001 St. Paul Chapel, Columbia University, New York
2001 Alice Tully Hall, New York
2000- 2002 Paul Hall, Morse Hall, The Juilliard School, New York
1994 – State Philharmonic Hall, Baku
1999 United Nations General Assembly Hall, New York
1999 George Washington University Hall, Washington D.C.
1998 Conway Hall, London, United Kingdom
1998 UNESCO Hall, Paris, France
Orchestral Experience
New England Symphonic Ensemble, USA
New European Strings Chamber Orchestra
UBS Verbier Festival Symphony/Chamber Orchestra, Switzerland
“Jeunesses Musicales” Orchestra, Germany (concertmaster)
Internationales Orchesterinstitute, Salzburg, Austria
Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra
Flanders Symphony orchestra, Belgium
Conductors
James Levine
Kurt Masur
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Charles Dutoit
Zubin Mehta
Pierre Boulez
Mauris Yansons
Mikhail Pletnev
Yuri Temirkanov
Maxim Vengerov
Festivals
2008 Interlaken Music Festival
2008 Pisa Music Festival, Italy
2007 Ravello Festival, Italy
2007 Tokyo Music festival
2006 Proms, London
2006 Menton, France
2005 Israel Music Festival
2005 Flanders Music Festival, Belgium
2005 Miyazaki Festival, Japan
2003-2005 Tuscan Sun Festival, Italy
2004 Sarasota Music Festival, USA
2004 Fontainebleau School of Arts, France
2002 Salzburg Festival, Austria
2000-2006 Verbier Festival, Switzerland
1999 Academia Chigiana, Italy
1997 Jeunesses Musicales, Germany
Conferences
2009 “Cultural Diplomacy: Clash or Conversation?” University of Southern California, Los Angeles,USA
2009 Liechtenstein Colloquium on European and International Affairs, Liechtenstein
2008 “Public Diplomacy: Meeting New Challenges” Wilton Park, England
2008 “Religion, Diplomacy and International Relations” Vienna
2008 Symposium for Young Cultural Leaders, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin
2008 “Transformational Diplomacy: Shaping the Future of International Relations” Symposium, London
2007 Colloquium on European and International Affairs, Liechtenstein
“Iran’s Nuclear Aspirations and Role in the Region: Possible Scenarios and Solutions”
2007 Colloquiums on European and International Affairs, Brussels
“State, Security, and Economy in Afghanistan: Current Challenges, Possible Solutions”
2006 Music of the Turkish Speaking World, SOAS
2004 Musical America Conference, New York
2003 Davos World Economic Forum, Switzerland
Publications / Reviews / Interviews
The Independent, by Michael Church February 7, 2006
Azerbaijan International Magazine, 1999 -2002
BBC World Music Archive April 2006
BBC 3 Radio January 2008
Awards / Grants / Honours
2009 – School of Oriental and African Studies Field Work Award
2008- Nomination for the Membership at the European Cultural Parliament, Berlin, Germany
2007- Non resident Fellow, Liechtenstein Institute of Self-Determination at Princeton University, USA
2007 Shield Bearer LLC Grant for PhD Program, University of London, United Kingdom
2006 Winner of the Concerto Competition, Belgium
2003 “Artist in Residence” Award, Fund of Mutual Understanding, New York
1999-2002 Doyane Loomis Scholarship, The Juilliard School
1999 Scholarship in Music, The Ministry of Culture, Italy
1997 First Prize Winner of “The Best Violinist of the Year” Competition, Baku, Azerbiajan
1995 Special Prize of the International Competition, Ashgabad
1994 Winner of the National Violin Competition, Azerbaijan
Languages
Fluent in speaking English, Russian, Azerbaijani, with some Italian, French and Turkish