Boyan Ivanov

Woodwind Tutor

Boyan Ivanov is a versatile and virtuosic Bulgarian-British clarinettist, who has enjoyed great success as a solo, chamber and orchestral musician, performing at some of the world’s most prestigious venues including the Barbican Centre, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Cadogan Hall, Kings Place, and St John’s Smith Square, among many others.

Graduating from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2010, Ivanov has since gone on to a vibrant freelance career, playing regularly with a variety of orchestras including the Hastings Philharmonic, Ensemble OrQuesta, Vox Vanguard, London Arts Orchestra, Orion, Firebird, Orpheus Sinfonia among others. Boyan has held the positions of Principal Clarinet and Orchestra Manager of the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra since 2016.

Recent engagements include successful tours to China with the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra (Bulgaria) in which he performed Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A major (December 2018) and L. Bassi’s “Rigoletto” Concerto-Fantasy (December 2019) as a soloist. Boyan made his Brazil debut in October 2022, performing Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No. 2 as a soloist of OSRN - Orquestra Sinfônica do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.

In April 2023, Boyan Ivanov was honoured to be an assistant of the legendary British clarinettist Andrew Marriner, in his masterclass held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Boyan and Andrew performed together as soloists of the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, in the closing concert of the course. Boyan was invited to play with the Bulgarian National Symphony Orchestra - Sofia Philharmonic - as guest principal clarinet in the orchestra’s tour in China, December 2024.

In 2025, Boyan Ivanov was honoured to be one of the main artists at two prestigious clarinet festivals - Festival Internacional de Clarinete Yuuban, Xalapa, Mexico and Cia Clarinete IV Imersão Para Clarinetistas, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a jury member, gave masterclasses and was soloist in two of the concerts as part of the festivals.

Boyan Ivanov is a SELMER Paris and VANDOREN Paris Artist; he plays respectively the Selmer Recital clarinets and Vandoren BD5HD mouthpiece.