Dr. Iskander Akhmadullin (Columbia, Missouri, USA), Associate Professor of Trumpet at the University of Missouri holds degrees from the Kazan Music College, the Moscow State Conservatory, and the University of North Texas. He was the first brass player from the Eastern Europe to earn a doctorate degree from a major American university. His primary teachers were Abbas Slashkin, Vadim Novikov, Leonard Candelaria, and Keith Johnson.

Dr. Akhmadullin has performed in several professional orchestras in Russia and the United States and can be heard on the Marco Polo, Naxos, Hugo and Delos labels. He is a co-principal trumpet of the Missouri Symphony Orchestra, the only professional orchestra in mid-Missouri.

As a soloist and as a member of various groups, Iskander Akhmadullin has performed in the United States, Russia, Japan, Austria, Germany, Australia, Armenia, France, and Mexico. Active as both a recitalist and a chamber musician, he has premiered a number of solo and chamber work sand is continuously introducing new trumpet pieces by American composers to Russian audiences, while also presenting the American premieres of the works from the Russian trumpet repertoire.

He was among the first trumpet players in Russia to perform on the baroque trumpet. In April 2018, MSR Classics has released Russian Trumpet Sonatas CD by Iskander Akhmadullin and pianist Natalia Bolshakova, which includes 7 world premiere recordings.

Dr. Akhmadullin has been a faculty member of the National Trumpet Competition, the Midwest Trumpet Festival, and the Rafael Méndez International Brass Festival; he has performed at the Moscow Autumn Festivals, ABA, CBDNA, WASBE, Texas and Missouri Music Educators Associations conventions, Russian Trumpet Guild and the International Trumpet Guild Conferences.

Prior to joining the University of Missouri, Iskander Akhmadullin was on the faculty of the Southeastern Oklahoma State University and also has taught at the University of North Texas and Moscow Conservatory. He is an Artist-Clinician for Edwards Trumpets. He resides in Columbia with his wife Natalia Bolshakova and daughter Anna Sophia.