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.
This performance is a part of the 2024 CAPMT Conference, which commissioned this work for the conference through the CAPMT Commissioned Composer award.
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.
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.
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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.'
'...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)
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.
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.