Ilan Volkov

Orchestral conductor, born September 8, 1976 in Tel Aviv, Israel. He was appointed Young Conductor in Association to the Northern Sinfonia at the age of nineteen. In 1997 he became Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and two years later was invited by Seiji Ozawa to join the Boston Symphony Orchestra as Assistant Conductor. He was Chief Conductor of the [a835546] from 2003 to September 2009, subsequently becoming Principal Guest Conductor. In January 2011, the [a867852] named Volkov as its 9th chief conductor and music director. With jazz musician Assif Tsahar he is also one of the guiding forces behind Levontin 7, a performance venue in Tel Aviv that brings together differing musical genres He has a daughter with his partner, pianist/singer/composer Maya Dunietz.