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Vera Ivanova

b. 1977

Russian composer

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About Vera Ivanova

Born 1977. Vera Ivanova is a Russian composer and music educator.

Vera Ivanova (born 1977, Moscow) is a Russian composer.

Life She studied music at the Central Music School, studying composition, music theory and the piano, from 1984 to 1995. She studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory where she studied with Roman Ledenyov. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, with Allessandro Timossi, then at the Eastman School of Music, with David Liptak.

She teaches at Chapman University.

Awards Vera Ivanova is the recipient of several awards. She won honorable mention at the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition, and the third prize at the 2001 Salzburg Mozart Competition. She also received a prize at the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Awards, the Hanson Orchestra prize of the Eastman School of Music in 2003, and the André Chevillion - Yvonne Bonnaud Prize at the 2008 Orléans International Piano Competition.

Works

Chamber Concerto (1996-97), for 2 pianos Concerto for piano and orchestra (1999) Confession (2001), for solo violin Panic-Melancholy (2001), electroacoustic music Variations on chords: Distances (2003), for symphony orchestra Aftertouch (2005), for piano Still Images of the Restless Mind (2006), for chamber orchestra "Great Waves" from "Sea: the Soul of Spain" (2007), song cycle Quiet Light (2009), for solo violin Aura (2011), for solo clarinet Three Summer Songs (2011), for SSAA a cappella choir 6 Fugitive Memories (2015), for piano May Day (2015), for TTBB a cappella choir Sagittarius (2015), mixed quintet In the Deep Heart's Core (2017), for piano, fixed audio, and optional projection Children's Games (2018), for mixed quintet If You Were Coming in the Fall (2019), for choir i-sola (2020), for piano What Remains After the Dust (2020), for piano The Double (2022), chamber opera Karkata (2022), for piano

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Born
1977, Moscow
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Education
Moscow Conservatory, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Eastman School of Music
Employers
Chapman University

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Vera Ivanova?

Russian composer

When was Vera Ivanova born?

Vera Ivanova was born in 1977 in Moscow.

What is Vera Ivanova's occupation?

Vera Ivanova is a composer and music educator.

What nationality is Vera Ivanova?

Vera Ivanova is Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Vera Ivanova

· Wikidata: Q107080962

· DBpedia: Vera Ivanova

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