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Phil Acimovic is a composer and gamelan musician from Easthampton, MA. He writes quiet, austere concert music for soloists and chamber ensembles. In 2018 he served as the

first Artist-In-Residence at the Cold Hollow Sculpture Park in VT. Acimovic directs the Javanese Gamelan Ensembles at Smith College and Yale University.

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Upcoming Performances

 

February 2026

Echo Flute for solo flute and open instrumentation will be performed at the Prisms Festival at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ.

Summer 2026

Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, Enosburg Falls, VT ​

A new work called Tuning, Timing, Resonance will be performed in and around David Stromeyer's sculpture "Potluck" at Cold Hollow Sculpture Park during the park's 2026 season.​

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Past Performances

 

March 21, 2025 - Penn State, State College, PA

  Penn State New Music Festival

  Echo Flute

  Other Arts Ensemble

January 18, 2025 - Williams College, Williamstown, CA

  I/O Festival

  Five Poems for Piano (premiere)

  Jacob Hertz, piano

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November 9, 2024 - Boston Court, Pasadena, CA

  Quiet & Immense (premiere)

  Chris Castro, double bass

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February 9, 2024 - UC Davis, CA

  Three Chords for Agnes Martin (premiere)

  Chris Froh, percussion

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February 12, 2023 - UC Davis, CA

  Echo Flute

  Empyrean Ensemble

 

June 19, 2022 - Surry Arts at the Barn, Surry ME

  Piet's Keys

  Microludes

  Julian Drummond, piano

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October 1, 2020 - Tufts University

  Piet's Keys (premiere)

  John McDonald, piano

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August 11-25, 2018 - Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, VT 

  Artist Residency

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July 5, 2018 - University of Oregon, Eugene

  Interlude

  Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium

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May 25, 2018 - UC Davis

  Wind Chime Waterwheel

  Chris Froh and students

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May 20, 2018 - UC Davis

  All in a Gaze

  Empyrean Ensemble

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February 1, 3, 5, 2018 - Berkeley Piano Club & San Francisco Conservatory

  Reverent Murmurs

  Sarah Cahill and Eric Zivian, pianos

  Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

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January 18, 2018 - UC Davis

  Quiet Streams

  St. Louis Symphony, David Roberston conducting

  Revision/s Festival

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June, 2017 - University of New York, Buffalo

  Sinking into Focus

  Ensemble Dal Niente

  June in Buffalo 

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June, 2016 - New England Conservatory

  Disintegration #2

  SICPP Festival

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May, 2016 - UC Davis

  On the Diagonal

  Empyrean Ensemble

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