IGF Young Artist Platform: Alexander Krylov and Shubbe Kabanda
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About the Event
IGF’s Young Artist Platform (YAP) helps young musicians in the critical phase between the final stages of music education and the start of a professional career. The Platform provides much-needed concerts as well as a comprehensive training programme. A unique feature is the chance to work with a composer and premiere a new work commissioned especially by IGF.
This is a shared concert with Irish guitarist Alexander Krylov and Scottish guitarist Shubbe Kabanda.
Under-18s can attend this concert for free. Please book a free Under-18s ticket at the booking link.
This event will last approximately 50 minutes, without an interval.
About Alexander Krylov
Alexander Krylov is a guitarist from Dublin, Ireland. He began learning guitar with Andrii Kryzhanivskyi, then studied with Marco Ramelli at TUD Junior Conservatoire, and is now in the final year of his Bachelor of Music Performance degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, with tutelage from Allan Neave, Sasha Savaloni and Matthew MacAllister.
Alexander has performed across the UK, with notable recitals being at Kings Place London as part of a guitar quartet with Sean Shibe and other students from the RCS, the Ullapool Guitar Festival in 2025, and the French Institute of Scotland Baroque Festival and Ards International Guitar Festival in 2026. He is also a winner of the Feis Ceoil 2022 Senior Classical Guitar and 2023 Bach Prize competitions, and was a finalist in the 2024 CGR Competition.
In his time away from the classical guitar, Alexander enjoys exploring Brazilian guitar music and playing electric guitar in an R&B band.
His programme includes the second London performance of the new IGF 2025 commission The Millipede Is Walking by Cheryl Frances-Hoad.
About Shubbe Kabanda
Shubbe Kabanda, from Glasgow, is in the final year of her BMus at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Shubbe has been involved in music from an early age, initially as a chorister, which influenced her decision to take up drum kit and guitar, and later receiving cello lessons, which inspired her to pursue a path as a classical musician.
Uncommon for a solo classical instrumentalist, her commitment to performing with a variety of ensembles, including chamber orchestras, opera singers, a flautist and an oboist, illustrates her passion and ambition as an ensemble musician. Her involvement with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s contemporary music festival, PLUG, conveys her interest in championing new music and exploring the contemporary classical scene.
In 2023, Shubbe achieved runner-up in Glasgow’s Scottish Young Musician competition and later that year became a Robertson Trust Scholar. She is a Dewar Arts Award recipient, supporting her purchase of a 2024 Danilo Bazzana guitar.
Shubbe also plays electric guit