“ Alda Dizdari is a phenomenon […] She is, as the greatest musicians are, a perfect servant of the music: she interposes no mannerisms or intellectualisms, allowing the musical work to speak for itself in every phrase.” - Sir Noel Malcolm Alda Dizdari is a powerhouse of passion and intensity. Now based in London, the Albanian born violinist was selected as a “One to Watch” musician by the Gramophone magazine and was recently featured by the Sunday Times/ Culture Magazine. She has appeared live on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4 and performed as a soloist in the most prestigious venues around the world. In autumn 2019 Alda recorded the Elgar Violin Concerto in Moscow with the Musica Viva Orchestra and conductor Alexander Walker, which is being released in October 2020 by Mellos Records on SACD and also on Vinyl. In 2015 she toured Eastern Europe with Elgar’s Violin Concerto and in 2018 launched an acclaimed book inspired by her travels with Elgar. In 2010 Alda made her triumphant debuts at the Wigmore Hall and Southbank Centre and has since launched three CDs on Mellos Records. She rose to fame internationally in 2008 after performing Sibelius’ Violin Concerto with the Albanian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra in their debut in the UK at the Canterbury Cathedral. Alda plays a GB Ceruti violin, made in Cremona 1791, bought specially for her by a private sponsor and a Dominique Peccatte Bow, on loan from the Stradivari Trust, UK.