Boris Allakhverdyan
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance; Principal Clarinet LA Philharmonic, Music Performance

Boris Allakhverdyan was appointed Principal Clarinet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2016. He previously served as Principal Clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Associate Principal Clarinet of the Kansas City Symphony. Allakhverdyan is a founding member of the Prima Trio, the Grand Prize and the Gold Medal winner of the prestigious 2007 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.

The New York Times called his performance “inspired” and “superlative,” and the Los Angeles Times praised his “energetic, vibrant solos.”

Allakhverdyan has appeared as a soloist with the Seattle, Tucson, Bakersfield and Springfield Symphony Orchestras as well as orchestras in Russia, Armenia and Kazakhstan. He has participated in the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommen Festival in Germany and the Emilia Romagna Music Festival in Italy. Allakhverdyan is a winner of Rimsky-Korsakov International Woodwind Competition, Rozanov International Clarinet Competition, Hellam Concerto Competition, the Tuesday Musical and the Oberlin Concerto competitions.

Allakhverdyan serves on the clarinet faculty at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as well as at California State University at Fullerton. He previously taught at Peabody Institute of Music, Pacific Music Festival in Japan and Interlochen Clarinet Institute in Michigan. He has given master classes at most prestigious schools in North and South Americas, Europe and Asia. As a chamber musician, Allakhverdyan has performed throughout the United States and Europe on such series as Chicago Chamber Music Society, La Jolla Athenaeum, Dumbarton Oaks, the Dayton Art Institute, CityMusic Columbus, Da Camera Society, Fontana Chamber Arts and Cleveland Chamber Music Society.

As a Buffet Group Artist and Vandoren Performing Artist, Allakhverdyan performs exclusively on Buffet Crampon clarinets and Vandoren reeds.

Department of Music Welcomes Four Exceptional Studio Faculty
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is pleased to announce that four exemplary artists have accepted their offer of an appointment in the Department of Music, including award-winning violist
Varty Manouelian
Lecturer - Violin Performance; Violin LA Phil
Alison Deane
Associate Adjunct Professor
Jan Berry Baker
Professor of Saxophone, Vice Chair of the Department of Music, and Special Assistant to the Dean for Faculty Mentoring
Aubrey Foard
Lecturer - Tuba Performance
Gloria Cheng
Adjunct Professor - Contemporary Music, Performance Studies
Ji Young An
Lecturer - Violin Performance
Iris Malkin
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Peter Kazaras
Distinguished Professor - Director of Opera UCLA
Chris Hanulik
Adjunct Professor - String Bass Performance; Principal Bass LA Phil
James Miller
Lecturer - Trombone Performance; Associate Principal Trombone LA Phil
Erin Bouriakov
Lecturer - Flute Performance
Adam Gilberti
Lecturer - Music Education/Woodwinds
John Steinmetz
Lecturer - Bassoon Performance
Jonathan Davis
Lecturer - Oboe Performance
Christoph Bull
Adjunct Professor - Organ Performance
William Kinderman
Elaine Krown Klein Chair in Performance Studies, Professor
Theresa Dimond
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Inna Faliks
Professor - Head of Piano
David Lefkowitz
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Music
Ian Krouse
Distinguished Professor
Lucy Yates
Lecturer - Vocal Diction, Vocal Coaching
Che-Yen Chen
Professor - Viola Performance
Brendan McBrien
Lecturer--Music Education
Johanna Gamboa-Kroesen
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Movses Pogossian
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Lou Anne Neill
Lecturer - Harp Performance; Harp LA Phil
Michael Dean
Professor, Voice Performance
Victoria Kirsch
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Arturo O’Farrill
Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion; Professor
Amy Sanchez
Lecturer - Horn Performance
Herbie Hancock
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Cheryl Lin Fielding
Lecturer - Vocal Diction, Vocal Coaching
Denis Bouriakov
Lecturer - Flute Performance; Principal Flute LA Philharmonic
Juliana Gondek
Distinguished Professor, Voice Performance
David Kaplan
Assistant Professor - Piano Performance
Lily Chen-Hafteck
Professor and Special Assistant to the Inaugural Dean for Curricular Reform
Kay Rhie
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Wendy Caldwell
Lecturer - Vocal Coaching
Nick DePinna
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Joshua Ranz
Lecturer - Clarinet Performance
James Bass
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Antonio Lysy
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Jens Lindemann
Distinguished Professor of Trumpet
Rakefet Hak
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Gregory Goodall
Lecturer - Percussion Performance
Hitomi Oba
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Vladimir Chernov
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