Lev Ivanov
WORK EXPERIENCE
Music Director and Conductor | Joliet Symphony Orchestra | 2020 - present
Music Director and Conductor | Illinois Wesleyan Symphony Orchestra | 2014 - 2020
Guest Conductor/Music Director | Prairie Fire Theater | 2015 - 2018
Guest Conductor/Coach | Illinois Chamber Music Festival | 2015
Music Director | Sustainable Symphony | 2010 - 2012
Guest Conductor | Park City Orchestra Festival | 2010 - 2012
Assistant Conductor | Arizona State Symphony Orchestra | 2009 - 2012
Assistant Conductor | Arizona State Lyric Opera | 2011
Conductor | Arizona State Sinfonietta | 2009 - 2010
Assistant Conductor | Brigham Young University Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestra | 2007 - 2009
Conductor | BYU University Orchestra and Strings | 2007 - 2009
Conductor | Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music Conductors Orchestra | 2005 - 2007
Competitions and masterclasses
1st Prize | American Prize in Ensemble Performance | 2016-17
Finalist | American Prize in Conducting | 2016-17
Special Mention Diploma | Jeneusses Musicales Bucharest International Conducting Competition | 2013 | Bucharest, Romania
Blue Danube International Opera Conducting Competition 5th Edition | 2013 | Ruse, Bulgaria
Recepient | George and Geraldine Swensen Watkins Endowment for Excellence in the Arts | 2009
Recepient | Special Talent Award | Arizona State University | 2009
Participant | International Orkney Conducting Course | 2008 | Scottland, UK
Participant | Masterclass with Keith Lockhart | 2008
Participant | Masterclass with Thomas Cockrell | 2008
Recepient | Special Talent Award | Brigham Young University | 2007
2nd prize | Vorzel International Ensemble Competition | 2002 | Vorzel, Ukraine
3rd prize | Guitaralia International Ensemble Competition | 1996 | Przemysl, Poland
2nd prize | Lisenko Competition in Music Performance | 1995 | Kyiv, Ukraine
Orchestras conducted
Joliet Symphony Orchestra
Illinois Wesleyan Symphony Orchestra and Choirs
Bucharest Filarmonica George Enescu
Bulgarian National State Opera Ruse Symphony Orchestra
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Fifth House Ensemble
Hebrides Ensemble
Brigham Young University Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestra
Brigham Young University Symphony and Strings
Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra
Arizona State University Sinfonietta
Arizona State University Choral Union
Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music Conductor’s Orchestra
St Magnus Festival Chorus
Clinics and festivals
Clinician | Lyons Township High School | 2018 | Chicago, IL
Clinician | Glenbard East High School | 2018 | IWU, Bloomington, IL
Clinician | Prospect High School | 2018 | IWU, Bloomington, IL
Adjudicator | Illinois State University Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition | 2018 | Normal, IL
Clinician | Lake Zurich High School | 2016/17 | Lake Zurich, IL
Clinician | Wheaton North High School | 2017 | IWU, Bloomington, IL
Clinician | Glenbard South High School | 2017 | IWU, Bloomington, IL
Clinician | Batavia High School | 2016 | Batavia, IL
Clinician | Niles West High School | 2015/16 | Chicago, IL
Clinician | Lincolnway West High School | 2016 | New Lenox, IL
Adjudicator | Midwest Young Artists | Walgreens Concerto Competition | 2016 | Highwood, IL
Clinician | Liberty Junior High | 2016 | IWU, Bloomington, IL
Clinician | Naperville High School | 2016 | Naperville, IL
Clinician | Normal West High School | 2015/16 | Normal, IL
Clinician | Illinois Music Education Conference | 2016 | Peoria, IL
Adjudicator | Illinois State University | Concerto Competition | 2016 | Normal, IL
Clinician | Central High School | 2015 | Champaign, IL
Clinician | Niles North High School | 2015 | Chicago, IL
Clinician | Morton High School | 2015 | Morton, IL
Clinician | Elk Grove High School | 2015 | Elk Grove, IL
Clinician | Lyons Township High School | 2015 | Chicago, IL
Guest Conductor/Coach | Illinois Chamber Music Festival | 2015 | Bloomington, IL
Clinician | Mesa Community College | 2014 | Mesa, AZ
Guest Conductor | Park City Orchestra Festival | 2010-12 | Park City, UT
Conductor/Participant | St. Magnus Festival | 2008 | Scottland, UK
education
D.M.A. | Arizona State University | Orchestral and Opera Conducting | 2012 | Tempe, Arizona
M.M. | Brigham Young University | Orchestral Conducting | 2009 | Provo, Utah
Postgraduate | Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music | Orchestral Conducting | 2007 Kyiv, Ukraine
B.M. | Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music | Flute, Conducting | 2003 | Kyiv, Ukraine