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Boyan Ivanov
  
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  BOYAN IVANOV  (clarinet) » 

Boyan Ivanov, born in 1983 in Yambol, Bulgaria, is one of the most promising young clarinetists today. In 2001 he graduated from the National High School of Music "Dobrin Petkov" in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, as a student of Dimitar Boyanov, and in 2005 he completed his Bachelor studies with highest honours from the Plovdiv Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts. His professor and mentor there was the renowned Professor Petko Radev, the long-time principal clarinettist of La Scala, Milan. During his studies Boyan won third prize in the 2003 International Competition for French Music Performance, with jury chairman Prof. Yves Didier, France.

Boyan has participated in Master Classes with Andrew Marriner (UK), Robert Spring (USA), Charles Neidich (USA), Reiner Wehle (Germany), Nicolas Balderou (France), and Hervé Cligniez (France). He has played as a soloist 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, Cadogan Hall, St James's Piccadilly, St. Martin in the Fields, Charlton House, Blackheath Halls, Regent Hall, St Lawrence Church and St Alfege 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 played the clarinet solo part in Bernstein's Prelude, Fugue and Riffs with Trinity Jazz Ensemble in a performance at Blackheath Halls. In December 2008 he participated in the Young Janacek Philharmonic under the direction of Jan Latham Koenig. In August 2009 the Italian pianist Emilio Aversano invited Boyan 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 was awarded his Master's Degree from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he was studying with Julian Farrell, Nick Carpenter and Andrew Webster, 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 and a few months later won the Woodwind Section First Prize in the Ealing Music Festival.

Currently Boyan is an active solo and chamber music performer and is a member of Inspirity Ensemble, 7/8 Ensemble and Ivanov Wind Quintet. He plays regularly with Orion Symphony and London Arts Orchestras and continues to study privately with Andrew Marriner.

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 19th May 2012