David Shifrin is Professor of Clarinet at the Yale School of Music and Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Society at Yale, Yale in New York, and the Phoenix Chamber Music Festival. He was Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center from 1992 to 2004 and Chamber Music Northwest from 1981 to 2020. Shifrin has appeared with major orchestras and in chamber and recital venues worldwide. He has premiered and commissioned many of the world’s most respected composers and served as Principal Clarinetist with the Cleveland Orchestra and Stokowski’s American Symphony. Shifrin is a recipient of both the Avery Fisher Prize and Career Grant, among numerous other international prizes.