Dr. Vera Ivanova, Composer
Vera Ivanova,
composer

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

Campus Times (University of Rochester/Eastman)

Confession

for Solo Violin (2001)

Program Notes:
The dedication to J.S. Bach is a tribute to the greatest composer-polyphonist whose music
is a basis and “starting point” for any professional performer and composer. The core of
the whole piece is a gradual exploration of the first note “D” to a twelve-tone scale
through sliding glissandi. This idea was inspired by Bach’s chromatic style in his
preludes and fugues. As many composers dedicating their music to Bach used his
monogram, it became a tradition. In Confession the monogram can be heard subsequently
three times, but only once in the right order (BACH). The most important relation to
Bach’s music is an attempt to bring into contemporary music the high spiritual level of
baroque music.

Instrumentation
violin
Duration
c. 10 minutes, 20 seconds
Premiere
April 24, 2003
Audio Sample
Ivanova-Confession-fragment
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Score Sample
Confession (pg. 1)
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Performances:

March 23rd, 2015
Confession, for Solo Violin (2001) - Moni Simeonov
July 19th, 2014
Confession, for Solo Violin (2001) - Moni Simeonov
Lorimer Chapel, Colby Colelge (Waterville, Maine)
This performance is a part of the Atlantic Music Festival, where I was invited to be a composition fellow.
November 22nd, 2011
Confession, for Solo Violin (2001) - Elena Revich
Moscow House of Composers (Moscow, Russia)
33rd Moscow Autumn Festival
March 7th, 2010
Confession, for Solo Violin (2001)
Dorota Anderszewska Salle Pasteur/Le Corum (Montpellier, France)
Figures du Siècle Festival
April 20th, 2008
Confession, for Solo Violin (2001)
Samuelson Chapel, California Lutheran University (Thousand Oaks, CA)
April 18th, 2008
Confession, for Solo Violin (2001) - Andrew Tholl
CalArts, Roy O. Disney Music Hall (Los Angeles, CA)
Andrew Tholl's Violin Recital
May 28th, 2004
Confession, for Solo Violin (2001) - Oleh Krysa
Museum für Künst und Gewerbe (Hamburg, Germany)
April 3rd, 2004
Confession, for Solo Violin (2001)
Clapp Recital Hall (Iowa City, IA)
SCI National Student Conference
April 24th, 2003
Confession, for Solo Violin (2001)
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY)
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