Vera Ivanova - Composer

Vera Ivanova teaches at Chapman University (Associate Professor of Music, Music Theory and Composition Department). She graduated from Moscow Conservatory (BM and MM), Guildhall School in London (MM), and Eastman School (Ph.D.) with degrees in music composition. Her compositions have been performed worldwide and received many national and international awards.

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Upcoming Performances

World Premiere

April 30th, 2024

Pacific Overture, for wind band (2024) - The Symphonic Winds of the Pacific

Fullerton College, Campus Theatre (Fullerton, CA)

World Premiere

May 11th, 2024 - 7:30pm

A thirst for water, SATB choir (with divisi) and organ (2024) - Pasadena Chorale

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH • PASADENA (Pasadena, CA)

This work is commissioned and premiered by the Pasadena Chorale and its Artistic Director Jeffrey Bernstein.

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May 11th, 2024 - 3:00pm

Pacific Overture, for wind band (2024) - The Symphonic Winds of the Pacific

Home Venue Buena Park High School Performing Arts Complex Buena Park High School Performing Arts Complex (Buena Park, CA)

May 25th, 2024

Children's Games, for mixed quintet (2018) - The Boston New Music Initiative

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March 15th, 2023

"Karkata" release on Makrokosmos 50 CD album

LA-based pianist Nic Gerpe releases my previously commissioned by him "Karkata" on his "Makrokosmos 50" CD Album on CD Baby.The album is available on Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Pandora, Qobuz, Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, YouTube Music, Bandcamp, and many other digital streaming platforms.

June 4th, 2022 - 7:00pm

The premiere of Vera Ivanova's opera "The Double"

Vera Ivanova's chamber opera "The Double" was premiered at the Boston Court on June 4-5, 2022 as a part of Synchromy Opera Festival. Read Sequenza21 review here

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'...Solo violin also features in VERA IVANOVA's tremendous QUIET LIGHT: an abstract, searching evocation of light as it penetrates the dome of an ancient church.'

Ablaze Records, CD liner notes to Millennial Masters, Vol. 2

'...humanistic and deeply felt works... they manage to express aspects of the human experience through an artistic medium that is not often associated with such deeply felt emotions...'

John Bilotta (Society of Composers, Inc.)

'...our five finalists are probably the best young composers working anywhere in the world today!'

Dr. Paul Mealor (on the finalists for the 2005 Aberdeen Music Prize, including Ivanova)

Works

Aftertouch, for Piano (2005)

This title Aftertouch implies the composer’s intent to make the listener pay attention to the life and death of each sound with regard to the variety in attacks and decays.

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Aura, for clarinet solo (2011)

Greek in origin, the word "Aura" has multiple meanings, which stand for "air; atmosphere; sensation..." These meanings are interpreted in the piece through the use of extended techniques.

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