Boris Allakhverdyan was appointed Principal
Clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in 2013. Prior
to this, he was Associate Principal Clarinet of the Kansas City
Symphony for four years. Boris is a founding member of the Prima
Trio (www.primatrio.com),
the Grand Prize and the Gold Medal winner of the prestigious
2007 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Mr.
Allakhverdyan also serves as Principal Clarinet of the Colorado
Music Festival Orchestra in Boulder, Colorado and Britt Festival
Orchestra in Jacksonville, Oregon.
First-prize winner of the Hellam Competition, the Tuesday Musical Competition and the Oberlin Concerto Competition, Mr. Allakhverdyan appeared as a soloist with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, the Kremlin Chamber Orchestra and the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra. Boris has also performed with The Cleveland Orchestra, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, participated in the Lucerne Festival Academy (under the direction of Pierre Boulez), the Mecklenburg-Vorpommen Festival in Germany, the Emilia Romagna Music Festival in Italy and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. His principal teachers include Franklin Cohen, Richard Hawkins, Rafael Bagdasarian and Valery Allakhverdyan. An active chamber musician, Mr. Allakhverdyan collaborates frequently with such distinguished ensembles as the St. Petersburg and La Catrina Quartets. Boris is also an active educator, having given master classes at the University Missouri-Kansas City, Truman State University, Colorado Music Festival and Latin American Clarinet Academy in Caracas, Venezuela. Mr. Allakhverdyan has performed as a soloist and with orchestras in Russia, Germany, Denmark, Venezuela, Italy, Switzerland and the United States of America.
First-prize winner of the Hellam Competition, the Tuesday Musical Competition and the Oberlin Concerto Competition, Mr. Allakhverdyan appeared as a soloist with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, the Kremlin Chamber Orchestra and the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra. Boris has also performed with The Cleveland Orchestra, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, participated in the Lucerne Festival Academy (under the direction of Pierre Boulez), the Mecklenburg-Vorpommen Festival in Germany, the Emilia Romagna Music Festival in Italy and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. His principal teachers include Franklin Cohen, Richard Hawkins, Rafael Bagdasarian and Valery Allakhverdyan. An active chamber musician, Mr. Allakhverdyan collaborates frequently with such distinguished ensembles as the St. Petersburg and La Catrina Quartets. Boris is also an active educator, having given master classes at the University Missouri-Kansas City, Truman State University, Colorado Music Festival and Latin American Clarinet Academy in Caracas, Venezuela. Mr. Allakhverdyan has performed as a soloist and with orchestras in Russia, Germany, Denmark, Venezuela, Italy, Switzerland and the United States of America.