Praised by the American Record Guide for encompassing a “consummate technique and unabashed bravura wedded to a great sense of style... an example to nearly every violinist alive” — the internationally acclaimed soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, orchestral director, pedagogue and researcher, Nazrin Rashidova made her solo début at the age of three in Baku, and was awarded a Gold Medal by the Cairo Opera House for an exceptional violin recital three years later. Establishing FeMusa Orchestra in 2008, Britain’s first female chamber orchestra in 70 years, is merely the latest in a series of achievements. Based in London, FeMusa have been featured on BBC World News, Euronews, LondonLive and they have given numerous concerts in London, performed on "Omani Woman’s Day” at the Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman, and in Baku, Gabala and Paris.

Having been accepted to the Royal Academy of Music at the age of 15, Rashidova has played on a rare collection of violins by Stradivari and Guarneri. She studied with professors Erich Gruenberg, Felix Andrievsky and Lydia Mordkovitch. A prizewinner in several international competitions, she has appeared on international TV and radio, played for Royalty and other dignitaries, and also performed in the USA, Japan, Europe and the Middle East.

Her recordings for Naxos and First Hand Records have been critically acclaimed by The Strad, Gramophone, Diapason, Fanfare, Ritmo, Classical Guitar Magazine, American Record Guide, SWR2 Radio and neue musikzeitung.

Nazrin is recognised as a leading authority on Émile Sauret, her doctorate at the Academy culminating in the launch of her own edition of his monumental 24 Études Caprices (op.64 published by Edition Peters) following the release of a world premiere four-volume recording series of these works (issued by Naxos between 2017 and 2020).

In support of her research, Rashidova was awarded one of the most prestigious awards of the Worshipful Company of Musicians, The John Clementi Collard Fellowship and the The Clarence Myerscough Trust award at the Academy. Three of the volumes were recorded on the c.1685 ‘Sauret’ Stradivari violin, kindly loaned to her by John Ludlow.

She has made video recordings on the ‘1749’ violin by Antonio Bagatella, ‘1776’ mute violin by Nicolo Gagliano, ‘1728’ Guarneri del Gesù and the ‘1811’ by Nicolas Lupot — kindly loaned by Beare Violins Ltd to feature in the ‘Stradivarius and the Golden Age of Violins and Guitars’ exhibition, held in the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, AZ through to September 2025.

Alongside her performing, research and teaching career, Nazrin periodically writes articles for The Strad magazine. She is regularly invited to give masterclasses and lecture talks in music conservatoires nationally and internationally, and appears as an adjudicator in music festivals and as a jury member in international violin competitions.

She plays a violin after G. B. Guadagnini, Milan, 1753, ‘Nazrin’ made by David Rattray.