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.

» Read full bio

Listen

Upcoming Performances

February 16th, 2025 - 4:00pm

Midsummer Rain, piano and string orchestra (2024) - Orange County Youth Symphony

Salmon Recital Hall, Chapman University (Orange, CA)

» Purchase Tickets

World Premiere

April 12th, 2025 - 5:00pm

The Firebird's Feather, for flute (2024) - Michael Matsuno

Salmon Recital Hall, Chapman University (Orange, CA)

» Purchase Tickets

May 4th, 2025

The Ballade of Santa Ana Winds, for 2 pianists (2022) - Nic Gerpe

Pasadena Conservatory of Music (Pasadena, CA)

» Purchase Tickets

» See all performances

News

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

» See all news

Press

'...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.

» More Info

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.

» More Info

» See all works

Vera Ivanova,composer

Listen

Upcoming Performances

News

Press

Works

Vera Ivanova,
composer