Kamran Omarli

Kamran Omarli

Kamran Omarli was born in Xaçmaz (Azerbaijan). At the age of 7, he began his musical studies at the Music School named after Leopold and Mstislav Rostropovich in Baku and showed real talent at a very young age.

At the age of 17, he was awarded the Special Prize at the 14th Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poznan (Poland).

After his success in the Competition he was chosen to study with the legendary professor Zakhar Bron at the Reina Sofia School of Music in Madrid. During his studies, he participated in International Festivals in Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Azerbaijan. In 2013, he joined the Óscar Esplá String Quartet and took part in several concert tours throughout Spain. After a very intense year the Quartet won the Prize as Most Outstanding Group from Her Majesty Reina Sofía of Spain.

In 2015 preparations began for the "Young Virtuosos" International Violin Competition where Kamran has won second prize in 2015. He has been invited several times to inaugurate the International Music Festival in Gabala (Azerbaijan).
In 2016 he recorded for Radio Clásica RTVE both with the Trio Mahou San Miguel Foundation and as a soloist with a recital program. He received from Her Majesty Reina Sofía the Prize as Most Outstanding student of the year.

In 2018 he won First Prize in the International Chamber Music Competition (CMCET) in Arnuero with Trio Fundación Mahou. He was also chosen as the Best Violinist of the contest and received "Jesus de Monasterio" Prize for the first time. At the end of the course, his Trio won the Prize as Most Outstanding Chamber Music Group of the year.

He has been a member of the Freixenet Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta, Placido Domingo, Juanjo Mena, Pablo González, Pablo Heras-Casado, Antoni Ros-Marbà, Josep Pons and Stefan Lano.
As a member of Camerata de Viesgo, he has collaborated with Gordan Nicolic, Hansjörg Schellenberger and Anne-Sophie Mutter.

He has been invited to teach at the Mozarteum Summer Academy in Salzburg as an assistant to Zakhar Bron also at the Reina Sofia School of Music Summer Camp.

He has received Masterclasses from Maxim Vengerov, Vadim Gluzman, Günter Pichler, Mauricio Fuks, Menahem Pressler, Miriam Fried, Eduard Grach and Sergey Krylov.

His name has been included in the "Golden Book" by decree of the President of Azerbaijan, with a monthly scholarship, for young people with special talent.