Airat Ichmouratov is active as a composer, conductor, and clarinetist. His compositions, in a neo-Romantic style sometimes influenced by klezmer music, have been performed in many countries. Ichmouratov co-founded the Muczynski Trio, a clarinet-cello-and-piano ensemble, and also the klezmer group Kleztory. He made his recording debut with the latter group in 2004; the album Klezmer teamed Kleztory with the early music group I Musici de Montréal; Ichmouratov would later conduct that group. In 2023, the London Symphony Orchestra released an album featuring Ichmouratov's Piano Concerto and Viola Concerto No. 1, with Ichmouratov as the conductor.