Vivac-e Blog

#meetourstudents Tiffany Wee is a 22 year old violinist who currently resides in California. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from the University of California, Los Angeles Herb Alpert School of Music, where she studied with Movses Pogossian and Varty...

#happeningtonight A Special Tribute to a Legend: Leon Fleisher On Sunday, August 2, our world lost a hero in pianist Leon Fleisher, who passed away at the age of 92 in Baltimore. Tonight at 10:00PM EST Vivace will host a special tribute to Mr. Fleisher. We will...

#meetourstudents Carlos Walker is an 18 year old violist who will attend the McDuffie Center for Strings under Victoria Chiang and Rebecca Albers. He started violin at the age of 10 and eventually switched over to viola at 16. Carlos achieved first chair in...

#meetourstudents Audrey Wang, age 17, is a senior at Pinnacle High School in Phoenix. She currently studies violin with Dr. Katherine McLin and viola with Ms. Nokuthula Ngwenyama. Audrey won several top prizes from National YoungArts Competition, Music Teachers...

#meetourstudents Joshua Thaver, age 23, began formal music training at age ten on viola. He attended Baylor University for his bachelors in music education. In the fall, he will begin his masters in viola performance at the University of Michigan under Caroline...

#meetourstudents Lynn Sue-A-Quan, age 21, is a canadian violist currently pursuing her ​bachelors at The Juilliard School under Hsin-Yun Huang. Lynn performed with numerous orchestras as a soloist including Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, Niagara Symphony,...

#meetourstudents Anna Sykes, age 20, is a violin performance major at East Carolina University, where she studies with Ara Gregorian and Hye-Jin Kim. In 2018, she won the Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition and the in 2019, the Raleigh...

#meetourstudents Sophia Steger, age 21, is currently at The Juilliard School studying with Catherine Cho. She was awarded first prize in the 2019 Adelphi Young Artists Competition and has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the New York Chamber...

#meetourstudents Tristan Siegel, age 24, is a violinist who currently resides in New Jersey. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree and Performance Diploma in Violin Performance from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Tristan appeared at the Pacific Music...

#meetourstudents Matthew Sakiyama is a 16 year old violinist currently attending the Nueva High School in San Mateo. He began studying violin at the age of 5 with Dr. Ondine Young, and currently studies with Mr. Elbert Tsai at the San Francisco Conservatory of...