Dr. Vera Ivanova, Composer
Vera Ivanova,
composer

'...internationally recognized as an emerging artist of great talent.'

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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.

Program Notes:
The idea of this piece came to me in conversation with the clarinetist Virginia Costa Figueiredo, who asked me to write a piece for clarinet. Another clarinetist, Andrew Leonard, made a lot of suggestions on notation and extended techniques and gave the first performance of Aura.

The word aura has multiple meanings:
au·ra [awr-uh]:
1. a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere: an aura of respectability; an aura of friendliness.
2. a subtly pervasive quality or atmosphere seen as emanating from a person, place, or thing.
3. Pathology. a sensation, as of lights or a current of warm or cold air, preceding an attack of migraine or epilepsy.

Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English < >-Quoted from Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.

Instrumentation
clarinet
Duration
c. 7-12 minutes
Premiere
2012, Synchromy concert series, Andrew Leonard (clarinet)
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Performances:

February 8th, 2024
Aura, for clarinet solo (2011) - Ariana Warren
November 9th, 2023
Aura, for clarinet solo (2011) - Ariana Warren
This performance is a part of "Made in California" festival by San Diego New Music.
Exhibition
July 12th, 2021
Aura, for clarinet solo (2011) - Oleg Tantsov, MCME ensemble
Ground Solyanka (Moscow, Russia)
This ongoing recorded performance of "Aura" was a part of "Solo Exhibition" at Ground Solyanka from July 12-August 22, 2021. The recording was made for the SoundReview CD Project by Melodya.
June 10th, 2021
Aura, for clarinet solo (2011) - Oleg Tantsov, MCME ensemble
Siberian State Institute for the Arts, Chamber Academic Concert Hall (Krasnoyarsk, Russia)
November 16th, 2020
Aura, for clarinet solo (2011) - Brooke Miller
November 6th, 2017
Aura, for clarinet solo (2011) - Francois Houle
The Annex (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
This performance is a part of the 2017 World Music Days festival in Vancouver, for which my piece was selected to represent Russian ISCM section.
March 4th, 2016
Aura, for clarinet solo (2011)
This performance is a part of the 2016 USF New Music Festival.
November 20th, 2013
Aura, for clarinet solo (2011) - Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
Saint-Petersburg House of Composers (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
"Aura" was performed by the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble's clarinettist Oleg Tanstov.
January 28th, 2013
Aura, for clarinet solo (2011) - Oleg Tantsov, MCME
November 22nd, 2012
Aura, for clarinet solo (2011)
Moscow Autumn International Festival (Moscow, Russia)
November 8th, 2012
Aura, for clarinet solo (2011) - Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
Salmon Recital Hall, Chapman University (Orange, CA)
November 6th, 2012
Aura, for clarinet solo (2011) - Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
UC Berkley (Berkley, CA)
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
Word Premiere
May 20th, 2012
Aura, for clarinet solo (2011) - Andrew Leonard