Vera Ivanova

Discipline: Composing

Based In: Orange, CA

Year at Millay: 2024

Awards/Honors: Fellow, MacDowell, Peterborough, NH (2014); Prize Winner, Donald Aird Composers Competition, Earplay, San Francisco, CA (2013); Prize Winner, The Athena Prize, The Athena Festival, Nashville, TN (2013); Prize Winner, André Chevillion-Yvonne Bonnaud Composition Prize, International Piano Competition of Orléans, Orléans, France (2007); First Prize Winner, Category "A," Métamorphoses International Acousmatic Composition Competition, Musiques & Recherches, Brussels, Belgium (2004); Honorable Mention, Morton Gould Young Composer Award, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, New York, NY (2003); Fellow, Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Fellowships, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (2002); Third Prize Winner, Salzburg Mozart Competition, Salzburg, Austria (2001); Scholarship Recipient, Gwyn Ellis Bequest Scholarship, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, United Kingdom (2001); Honorable Mention, Bourges Electro-Acoustic Music Competition, Confédération Internationale de Musique Électroacoustique, Bourges, France (2001).

Website: https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/vera-ivanova.aspx

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Vera Ivanova is a composer and on faculty at Chapman University (Associate Professor of Music, Music Theory/Composition Department) and the Colburn School. She graduated from Moscow Conservatory (BM and MM), Guildhall School in London (MM), and Eastman School (PhD) with degrees in Music Composition. Her compositions have been performed worldwide and received many national and international awards. Her music has been published by Universal Edition (UE 31899) and released on CD by Ablaze Records (Millennial Masters series, Vol. 2), Quartz Music, Ltd., Navona Recordings (Nova and Allusions albums), Musiques & Recherches (Métamorphoses, 2004), and Centaur Records (CRC 3056).