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Vera Ivanova, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor of Music
Ms. Ivanova is a recipient of numerous international prizes, awards and scholarships, among them are the Sproull Fellowship towards Ph.D. studies at Eastman, the Gwyn Ellis Bequest Scholarship towards MMus studies at Guildhall School, Moscow Culture Committee grant, Honourable mention at the 28th Bourges Electro-Acoustic Competition, and 3rd Prize at the 8th International Mozart Competition including publication with Universal Edition (Vienna). Among her recent achievements are the 1st Prize in Category "A" at International Contest of Acousmatic Compositions Metamorphoses 2004, the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Award, the Howard Hanson Orchestral and Louis Lane Ensemble Prizes from the Eastman School of Music, and selection as a finalist for the 2005 University of Aberdeen Music Prize held jointly with the BBC Scottish Orchestra and BBC Radio 3. Her music is available in print from Universal Edition (Un-Now) and on CD from Musiques & Recherches, (Metamorphoses 2004: Panic. Melancholy). More information on Vera Ivanova may be found at: www.veraivanova.com |
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Vera Ivanova was born in Moscow. She graduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in 2000 with the Honours Diploma in Composition and in 2001 from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with the Master of Music degree with distinction in Composition. At present she is completing a Ph.D. in Composition at the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY, U.S.A.) and teaching theory and composition at the Setnor School of Music of Syracuse University (NY). Among her compositions are orchestral, theatrical, chamber, and electroacoustic works, which have been performed in Russia, Europe and the U.S.A. (Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Weill Hall in New York).