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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
January 18, 2025 @ 7:30pm - I/O Festival 2025 - The Music of Now​
'62 Center for Theatre and Dance
Williams College, Williamstown MA
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Jacob Hertz, Piano
Five Poems for Piano will be premiered as part of the I/O Festival at Williams College.
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March 20-22, 2025 - Penn State New Music Festival & Symposium
University Park Campus, State College PA
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Open Music & Penn State Other Arts Ensemble
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Echo Flute for solo flute with open instrumentation was selected for inclusion in the
Penn State New-Music Festival and Symposium.
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Past Performances
November 9, 2024 - Boston Court, Pasadena, CA
Quiet & Immense
Chris Castro, double bass
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February 9, 2024 - UC Davis, CA
Three Chords for Agnes Martin
Chris Froh, percussion
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February 12, 2023 - UC Davis, CA
Echo Flute (2 versions)
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, 201 - 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