In 2017 Jamal Aliyev made his solo debut at the BBC Proms, won the Arts Club – Sir Karl Jenkins Music Award and was selected for representation by YCAT UK. His debut CD “Russian Masters” was released by Champs Hill records to critical acclaim. Future engagements include performances of two concertos at the George Enescu Festival at the Atheneum broadcast live on Medici television. He premieres a new work by Karl Jenkins and records with Classic FM and Warner Classics. During his studies Jamal has won numerous awards including the Musicians’ Company Prince’s Prize (2017) and 1st Prize at the Eastbourne (2016), Croydon (2015), Bromsgrove (2015), Muriel Taylor (2014) and V. Antonio Janigro International Competitions (2004). Jamal plays on a Giovanni Battista Gabrielli cello (1756) on generous loan from a patron of Beares International Violin Society, London.

Programme:

Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: Sarabande and Gigue

Shostakovich Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40

Chopin Polonaise Brillante in C major, Op. 3