Vivac-e Blog

#meetourstudents Julianne Oh, age 21, is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in violin performance at Rice University under the tutelage of Professor Cho-Liang Lin. A native of the San Francisco Bay area, she served as concertmaster of the Palo Alto...

#meetourstudents Hana Mundiya, age 22, made her concerto debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 13 at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature, specializing in French and Japanese Literature, from...

#meetourstudents Alexander Moroz, age 20, is currently a student at the University of Ottawa studying viola with Michael van der Sloot. A consistent prizewinner in local and provincial competitions, Sasha performed as soloist with the Winnipeg Symphony...

#meetourstudents Vartan Mailiantz is a 26 year old violinist who currently resides in New York. He holds degrees from the KR Musical College (B.M. and B.A), Moscow State Conservatory (M.M., M.A., and D.M.A), and the Mannes School of Music at The New School in...

#meetourstudents Joe McDonald, sixteen years old from Watertown, Massachusetts, studies with Professor Yuri Mazurkevich of Boston University. Joe won first prize in the Dr. Carol Vasconcellos Youth Concerto Competition for the Brockton Symphony Orchestra in...

#meetourstudents Anais feller is a violinist currently enrolled at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, California studying under Martin Beaver. She has performed as soloist with the Memphis Repertory Orchestra in Tennessee, as well as the Plano and San Angelo...

#meetourstudents Evan Johanson, age 21, is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree at the Colburn School in Los Angeles with Robert Lipsett. He has performed as a soloist with the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Festival Orchestra, Philharmonia Northwest Orchestra,...

#meetourstudents Jeremy Klein, age 20, recently completed his second year at The Juilliard School, where he was a candidate for the Bachelor of Music degree as a student of Misha Amory. He also received important mentorship from Victoria Chiang, James Dunham,...

#meetourstudents Emily Lin, age 20, began her musical career as both a violinist and pianist, winning first place in many competitions, including the NCFMC Competition, the Young Artist Piano Auditions, the CAPTA Sonatina Competition, and the MANC String...

#introducing our new faculty! We are THRILLED to announce cellist Gwen Krosnick will be joining us for the Vivace Virtual Cello Festival! Cellist Gwen Krosnick has appeared across the world as recitalist, chamber musician, and exuberant advocate for music. Her...