BOYAN IVANOV  (clarinet) » 

Biography
Boyan Ivanov, born in 1983 in Yambol, Bulgaria, is one of the most promising young clarinetists today. In 2005 Boyan completed his Bachelor studies with highest honors from the Plovdiv Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts. His professor and mentor there was the renowned Prof. Petko Radev, a long-time principal clarinetist of Milan's La Scala. During his studies the artist won third prize from the 2003 International Competition for French Music Performance, with jury chairman Prof. Yves Didier, France.

He has participated in the Master classes of Andrew Marriner (UK), Robert Spring (USA), Charles Neidich (USA), Reiner Wehle (Germany), Nicolas Balderou (France), Hervé Cligniez (France). Boyan has played and toured extensively throughout Europe and South Korea with several Bulgarian orchestras.

In London Boyan has recently performed as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician at many prestigious venues including Barbican Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Cadogan Hall, St James's Piccadilly, St. Martin in the Fields, St John's Smith Square, Charlton House, Blackheath Halls, Regent Hall, Bloomsbury Church. In 2008/09 he studied with the Spanish virtuoso clarinettist, Joan Enric Lluna at Trinity College of Music, where he gained the FTCL Recital Diploma in Clarinet, was Principal Clarinet of the Trinity Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, and after competition was chosen to play the clarinet solo part in Bernstein's famous Prelude, Fugue and Riffs with Trinity Jazz Ensemble in a performance at Blackheath Halls. In August 2009 Boyan was invited by Italian pianist Emilio Aversano to participate in the festival "Armonie della Magna Grecia", where he made his debut on the Italian stage with two concerts in Tropea and Pizzo.

In 2010 Boyan got his Master Degree from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he was studying with Julian Farrell and Nick Carpenter, and was Principal Clarinet of the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra. In January 2010 he was awarded the Making Music Philip & Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists as part of which, in 2011, he gave recitals for several Music Societies across UK, and was soloist of Dulwich Symphony and Warwickshire Symphony Orchestras.

In 2012 the young clarinetist was invited by Argentinean composer and conductor Fabricio Brachetta to play Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and to give a premiere of his new Clarinet Concerto in a very successful concert with London Arte Chamber Orchestra in aid of the Stroke Association. Currently Boyan is an active solo and chamber music performer and is member of the Inspirity Ensemble and the Edelweiss Trio. He plays regularly with Orion Symphony and London Arts Orchestras and continues to study privately with Andrew Marriner. From January 2012 Boyan Ivanov is clarinet teacher at St Aloysius' College in London.

Orchestral Work

Boyan's orchestral work includes Orion Symphony Orchestra, London Arts Orchestra, Orchestra of the City, Young Janacek Philharmonic, Charities Philharmonia, Docklands Sinfonia, Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Symphony Orchestra, Bulgaria. Sit-in places include London Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra.Training Orchestras include Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, and Trinity Symphony and Chamber Orchestras.

Chamber work includes 7/8 Ensemble (including recital at St James's Picadilly), Festival Armonie della Magna Graecia, Italy, and Inspirity Ensemble (recitals in London and Bulgaria). Solo work includes Trinity Jazz Ensemble, Bloomsbury International Recital Series and regular recitals with pianists Ivan Yanakov and Androniki Liokoura.

Education
Boyan's graduate studies took place at Guildhall School of Music and Drama (MMus in Orchestral Training, 2010), Trinity College of Music, London (FTCL, 2008-2009) and Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (BA in Clarinet, 2001-2005)

Prizes and Awards

• The Making Music Philip & Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists, 2010
• The Wilfred Hambleton Clarinet Competition - Finalist, 2009
• International Competition for French Music Performance (Bulgaria), Third Prize, 2003
• National Competition for Wind Instruments (Bulgaria), Third Prize, 2001
• Wind Instruments National Creative Gathering (Bulgaria), Third Prize, 2000

Teachers: Joan Enric Lluna, Michael Collins, Petko Radev, Julian Farrell, Andrew Marriner, Nick Carpenter. Masterclasses with Andrew Marriner, Chi-Yu Mo, Robert Spring (USA), Nicolas Baldeyrou (France), Charles Neidich (USA), Reiner Wehle (Germany), Hervé Cligniez (France), Bobby Yotzov (Bulgaria).

Boyan joined Morgensterns in May 2010

Boyan's web profile was last updated 12th May 2012