Boris Allakhverdyan
clarinet, Michele and Dudley Rauch Chair
About this Artist
Boris Allakhverdyan was appointed Principal Clarinet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2016. He is a founding member of the Prima Trio and the 2007 Grand Prize and Gold Medal winner of the prestigious Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.
Allakhverdyan has appeared as a soloist with the Seattle, Bakersfield, and Springfield (MO) symphony orchestras. He is a winner of the International N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Competition, the Rozanov International Clarinet Competition, and the Hellam Young Artists’ Competition.
An active educator, Allakhverdyan served on faculty at the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan; Interlochen Clarinet Institute; and Philadelphia International Music Festival. He has given master classes at the Manhattan and Mannes schools of music, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Latin American Clarinet Academy in Caracas, and Shenzhen International Music Festival in China. As a chamber musician, Allakhverdyan has performed throughout the US and Europe.
As a Buffet Group Artist and Vandoren Performing Artist, Allakhverdyan performs exclusively on Buffet Crampon clarinets and Vandoren reeds.