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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
Summer 2026
Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, Enosburg Falls, VT
A substantial new work will be performed in and around one of David Stromeyer's sculptures at Cold Hollow Sculpture Park in summer 2026.
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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
November 9, 2024 - Boston Court, Pasadena, CA
Quiet & Immense (premiere)
Chris Castro, double bass
February 9, 2024 - UC Davis, CA
Three Chords for Agnes Martin (premiere)
Chris Froh, percussion
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
October 1, 2020 - Tufts University
Piet's Keys (premiere)
John McDonald, piano
August 11-25, 2018 - Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, VT
Artist Residency
July 5, 2018 - University of Oregon, Eugene
Interlude
Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium
May 25, 2018 - UC Davis
Wind Chime Waterwheel
Chris Froh and students
May 20, 2018 - UC Davis
All in a Gaze
Empyrean Ensemble
February 1, 3, 5, 2018 - Berkeley Piano Club & San Francisco Conservatory
Reverent Murmurs
Sarah Cahill and Eric Zivian, pianos
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
January 18, 2018 - UC Davis
Quiet Streams
St. Louis Symphony, David Roberston conducting
Revision/s Festival
June, 2017 - University of New York, Buffalo
Sinking into Focus
Ensemble Dal Niente
June in Buffalo
June, 2016 - New England Conservatory
Disintegration #2
SICPP Festival
May, 2016 - UC Davis
On the Diagonal
Empyrean Ensemble