She has performed as a recitalist at Wigmore Hall, Mozarteum, Carnegie Hall and Concertgebouw Amsterdam and at the Lucerne, Salzburg and Verbier Festivals. Alina was a featured artist at the 2015 BBC Proms, making four appearances including a televised performance of the complete Bach partitas and sonatas for solo violin.
Highlights of this season include concertos with the Boston and Montreal Symphony Orchestras and the conclusion of her complete Mozart sonata cycle at Wigmore Hall.
Born in Russia in 1985, Alina moved to the UK in 1995 where she studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Royal College of Music. She has been the recipient of awards including the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award 2010, a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award 2008 and was BBC New Generation Artists 2005-7. Alina records for Hyperion Records and performs on a c.1775 Anselmo Bellosio violin kindly provided by Georg von Opel.