Ilan Volkov

In 1999, Seiji Ozawa named Volkov the assistant conductor with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

[4] He was named the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Musician of the Year in 2004, in recognition of his work with the BBC SSO.

[5] In January 2011, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra named Volkov as its chief conductor and music director.

[12][13][14] Volkov and his partner Maya Dunietz have a daughter, Nadia, born in August 2007 in Israel.

[15][16] In Tel Aviv, Volkov and the jazz musician Assif Tsahar have established the performing venue Levontine 7.