Vivac-e Blog

#meetourstudents Zhen Calvin Huang, 25, is from New York and is currently attending the Manhattan School of Music, where he studies with Patinka Kopec. He attended the Heifetz International Music Institute in 2019 and participated in the Young Artist Program,...

#meetourstudents Ludwig (Lou) Jantzen, age 17, is from the town of Greenville, North Carolina, and started studying the viola at age four. He frequently participates in masterclasses and string orchestra performances of the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival’s...

#meetourstudents Freya Liu is a 22 year old violinist from San Francisco, California. She participated in the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and the International Orchestra Institute Attergau. Recently, Freya...

#meetourstudents Tabitha Rhee, age 22, is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree at The Juilliard School, where she studies with Misha Amory and Heidi Castleman. As the winner of the 2019 Juilliard Concerto Competition, Tabitha soloed at Lincoln Center’s...

#meetourstudents Quinn Robinson, age 22, from Norwalk, CT, is currently completing his Performance Diploma in viola at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music under Edward Gazouleas. While at IU, he performed as soloist for Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante...

#introducing our new guest artist! We are THRILLED to announce Pulitzer prize winning composer Caroline Shaw will be joining us for a special master class at the Vivace Virtual Cello Festival! Caroline Shaw is a New York-based musician—vocalist, violinist,...

#discoverourcourses #happeningtoday Listening Together: Let’s Get Vocal! An Evening of Poetry, Music and Voice Violinist Hye-Jin Kim leads a conversation with cellist Michael Kannen and pianist Thomas Sauer sharing their love of art songs. Iconic historical...

#discoverourcourses #hapeningtoday Rode Caprices – Pick a Key, Any Key! August 2, 2020 - 8pm Ida Kavafian leads this interactive presentation on Pierre Rode’s important and musically rich Twenty-Four Caprices for Solo Violin. Spanning all twenty-four keys,...

#meetourstudents Daniel Qi, a 12-year-old violinist from Delaware, has been a student of Charles Parker at the Temple University Music Preparation Division’s Center for Gifted Young Musicians since the age of five. Daniel had his first solo performance with an...

#meetourstudents Amelia Posner-Hess is a 16 year old at Carolina Friends School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and is currently studying with Fabián López. In 2018, she placed first in the Junior division of the Durham Music Association competition. Amelia is...