Lev Ivanov

WORK EXPERIENCE

Founder and Director | International Pacific Academy of Music | Developing

Music Director and Conductor | Joliet Symphony Orchestra | 2020 - 2023

Music Director and Conductor | Illinois Wesleyan Symphony Orchestra | 2014 - 2020

Musical 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

Finalist | American Prize in Conducting

Special Mention Diploma | Jeneusses Musicales Bucharest International Conducting Competition | Bucharest, Romania

Blue Danube International Opera Conducting Competition 5th Edition | Ruse, Bulgaria

George and Geraldine Swensen Watkins Endowment for Excellence in the Arts

Special Talent Award | Arizona State University

International Orkney Conducting Course | Scottland, UK

Special Talent Award | Brigham Young University

2nd prize | Vorzel International Ensemble Competition | Vorzel, Ukraine

3rd prize | Guitaralia International Ensemble Competition | Przemysl, Poland

2nd prize | Lisenko Competition in Music Performance | 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