Esther Abrami
The career of violinist Esther Abrami contains elements of classical music-making, Internet influence, and high fashion. In 2019, she became the first classical musician nominated in the Social Media Superstar category at the Global Awards.
Abrami was born in France in 1996 and grew up in Aix-en-Provence. She attended a small school in the country. At three, she was given a child-size violin by a grandmother who had hoped to pursue a musical career but gave up the violin upon her marriage. It took until she was ten for Abrami to return to the violin, but when she did, she knew within half an hour that she wanted to make the violin her life. She attended the Aix-en-Provence Conservatoire, graduating at 14. She then moved to England for studies at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, where her teacher was Jan Repko. In 2017, she was accepted at the Royal College of Music in London, studying with Leonid Kerbel. It was around this time that Abrami began to cultivate her online presence, posting videos of herself practicing and explaining such issues as the difference between a Stradivarius violin and an ordinary instrument. One appearance was with a kitten in a waist pouch; that video garnered more than ten million views. Later, she represented the Royal College of Music as a student at the Manhattan Institute of Music in New York. Abrami took master classes from various teachers, including Shmuel Ashkenasi, Alexander Markov, and jazz violinist Regina Carter. She was accepted for master's degree studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with Wen Zhou Li, receiving a full scholarship.
Abrami has appeared as a soloist at such venues as Carnegie Hall in New York, and the Royal Festival Hall, the Barbican Centre, and the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. She has also performed at the studios of the Classic FM radio network in Britain. Various companies have attempted to leverage Abrami's music and considerable Internet presence; these include, in the words of Abrami's own website (accessed April 16, 2022), "leading brands across a variety of industry sectors. From luxury fashion to music streaming, luxury perfumes and cosmetics to technology start-ups." Signed to the Sony Classical label, Abrami released her eponymously titled debut album in 2022; it contained a composition of Abrami's own, Sainte Victoire en Sol mineur, for violin, orchestra, and programming.
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Sunken Dreams
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 3 Dec 2021
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The Witcher: Toss A Coin To Your Witcher
Esther Abrami, The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Ben Palmer
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 14 Jul 2023
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Themes from "Chocolat"
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 4 Mar 2022
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Ravel Variation (Arr. for Violin & Piano after Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 by Ketan & Vivan Bhatti)
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 30 Apr 2021
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Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 2 Jul 2021
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Healing Light: A Celtic Prayer
Lavinia Meijer, Esther Abrami, World Choir for Peace
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 28 Aug 2020
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Cello Sonata, Op. 46: II. Andante Sostenuto (Arr. for Violin and String Ensemble by Ellie Consta)
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 7 Oct 2022
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Canon in D Variation (From Canon in D Major, P. 37/T. 337, Arr. for Piano and Violin by Svetoslav Karparov)
Gabriele Bagnati, Esther Abrami
Classical - Released by Masterworks - Sony Music on 22 Dec 2023
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Ave Maria Variation (From Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de Bach, CG 89, Arr. for Piano and Violin by Svetoslav Karparov)
Gabriele Bagnati, Esther Abrami
Classical - Released by Masterworks - Sony Music on 10 Nov 2023
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Semplice Sempre
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 23 Sep 2022
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Fifteen Million Acres
Lavinia Meijer, Esther Abrami, World Choir for Peace
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 3 Jul 2020
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In Another Life
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 2 Aug 2019
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Silent Night (Arr. for String Ensemble by Vivan & Ketan Bhatti)
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 11 Nov 2022
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