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Adjunct Associate Professor, School Of Music
Honors & Awards
- Commission. Mountains, give me your body for woman choir.
Cantemus Choir (Moldova),
09/2014
- Commission. From old times fantasy for folk ensemble.
Flueras ensemble,
09/2013
- Commission. Ca la Breaza – dance for clarinet quartet.
The Forward Four Clarinet Quartet ,
07/2013
- Commission. Rural Sketches for Marimba and
Bass Ensemble
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Chicago Bass Ensemble and Matthew Coley,
02/2013
- Commission award.
Utah Buddhist Festival,
09/2012
- Commission award.
Intermezzo Chamber Music Series,
09/2009
- Honorable mention.
Minnesota Symphony Orchestra composers competition,
10/2007
- Honorable mention.
International Fauxharmonic Digital Orchestra Composers Competition,
04/2006
- Utah Arts Festival orchestral commission.
Utah Arts Festival,
07/2005
- Leroy Robertson Prize.
University of Utah,
09/2004
- The National Award of the Municipal Youth Prize in the Domain of Science, Technology, Literature and Arts for Descântece for mixed choir.
National Award of the Municipal Youth Prize,
07/2003
- Wayne Peterson Prize in Music Composition.
Wayne Peterson Prize,
05/2003
- First prize in composition
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Silver Chrysanthemum National Composition Competition,
06/1996
- First prize in cimbalom performance
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"Barbu Lautaru" National competition,
03/1994
Affiliations
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Union of Composers of Moldova
(UCM),
Promote and support of Moldavian composers,
09/2002 - present
In the Media
- CD release by Vegas Records - "Country Bridges". Collection of 12 Old Time Fiddle tunes arranged for violin and cimbalom. 05/01/2020.
https://igoriamchimciucvaleriglava.bandcamp.com/
- Leopard's Path released on CD Baby label . 08/01/2017.
https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/igoriachimciuc2
- Mountains, give me a body for woman choir: July 9 2017 at National Philharmonics of Moldova; Concert of CANTEMUS choir in L'Auditori de Barcelona sala Pau Casals (Spain) July 25th; 2017 Segizzi 56th International Choir Competition 1st prize in Category Romantic/Contemporary music. 07/25/2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz1jNq7AOCk
- Sonata for clarinet and piano; performed at Utah Arts Festival by Henry Caceres and Jed Moss. 06/24/2017.
- Old Suite for cello solo; Premiered by Noriko Kishi at Urban Arts Gallery. 05/18/2017.
- 12 snapshots for cello and two percussion; Premiered by Noriko Kishi, and Eric Hopkins at Urban Arts Gallery. 05/16/2017.
- Eight pieces for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello; Urban Arts Gallery, Salt Lake City. 10/15/2015.
- 2015 Intermezzo Chamber Music Series; Margins for taraf quartet. 07/20/2015.
- 2015 Utah Arts Festival; Suite for low instruments. 06/25/2015.
- Two preludes for flute, viola and harp; Salty Crickets Composers Collective. 10/2014.
http://utahculturalalliance.org/2014/09/24/utah-co...
- CD release. Concertino band. Concert suite. 09/2014.
http://www.ame-lyss.ch/cd%20concertino%2010%20YEAR...
- CD release. Centaur Records, includes Fishing Day duo. 06/2014.
http://news.nau.edu/unlikely-duo-hits-musical-high...
- Through Flowers for marimba solo; Sonic Inertia Publications. 05/2014.
https://squareup.com/market/sonic-inertia-publicat...
- CD release. CD Baby. Dialogue album. Pieces for cimbalom and accordion duo. 09/2012.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/igoriachimciuc
- Descântece (Spells), a cycle for mixed choir (five movements); performed by Chamber Choir of Organ Hall of the Moldova . 11/10/2011.
- Hills and Valleys, trio for violin, clarinet, and piano; performed at TTU School of Music. 11/04/2011.
- Quartet in C for strings (four movements); presented at the master class with Kronos quartet at the University of Utah. 09/04/2011.
- In John’s Garden, cycle for the clarinet and piano; performed at 2011 Days of New Music International Festival in June 2011 by Alexander and Svetlana Danilov.
06/10/2011.
- Concert Suite for solo cimbalom; included as obligatory piece at 9th International Dulcimer Festival in Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic (May 2011). 05/01/2011.
- Malanca for brass quintet; performed at 2011 USM New Music Festival by the UCM Faculty Brass Quintet. 04/10/2011.
- Descântece (Spells), a cycle for mixed choir (five movements); chosen as subject for the Master Thesis “Spells by Igor Iachimciuc – particularities of the composition and dramaturgy” by Natalia Chiciuc, Academy of Music, Theater, and Fine Arts, Chisinau, Moldova. 01/31/2011.