Igor Shakhman
Kharkiv
Igor Shakhman is principal clarinet and chief executive of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA in Vancouver, Washington.
- Principal clarinet and CEO of one orchestra
- Kharkiv, Moscow Conservatory, Colorado
- From orchestra librarian to its executive
- A festival built on a $600,000 grant
- Clarinet at the University of Portland
Upcoming events
Anton BelovSkyview Concert Hall · Vancouver, WAThe Black Pirate, with live orchestraDouglas Fairbanks's 1926 silent swashbuckler, with live music from a Vancouver Symphony chamber ensemble.Kiggins Theatre · Joyce Garver Theater$25Holiday Pops with the Vancouver SymphonyHoliday classics with Seattle Symphony concertmaster Noah Geller. Ken Selden conducts.Skyview Concert Hall, Vancouver · Vancouver, WAYoung Artist Showcase: Prokofiev, Mozart and Francesca da RiminiThree gold medalists of the Paul and Loti Christensen Young Artist Competition play Mozart, Goossens and Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto with the Vancouver Symphony.Skyview Concert Hall · Vancouver, WAHe grew up in a musical family in Kharkiv, studied at Kharkiv Music College, graduated summa cum laude from the Moscow Conservatory in 1993, and holds a doctorate from the University of Colorado. He moved to the Northwest in 2005, joined the orchestra as principal clarinet in 2007, became its manager and librarian in 2011 and its executive director in 2012. He secured a $600,000 grant from the Murdock Charitable Trust and, with the City of Vancouver, co-founded the Vancouver USA Arts & Music Festival, which Oregon ArtsWatch calls his brainchild.
He also founded the orchestra's chamber series. He plays with the Portland Chamber Orchestra and teaches clarinet at the University of Portland.
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