Vivac-e Blog

#meetourstudents! Zoey Lou currently studies at The Juilliard School Precollege with Helen Huang. She was selected as finalist of the Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition in Valldemossa, received third prize at the MingZhu Cup Piano Competition...

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#meetourstudents! Nathaniel Zhang began studying the piano at the age of 5 and gave his first solo recital at the age of 10. He currently studies with Dr. Sasha Starcevich and formerly with Tien Hsieh. Nathaniel has performed as a soloist with the Florence...

#meetourstudents! Ashley May DePaola is an eighteen year old pianist from Fayetteville, North Carolina. She currently studies at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she studies with Dmitri Vorobiev. Throughout high school, Ashley May was...

#meetourstudents! Ryan Sheng, a resident of San Jose, California, began learning the piano at the age of 5. He currently studies with Mr. Frank Levy and formerly with Anna Polonsky. He has performed as a soloist with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Ryan...

#meetourstudents Nancy Zheng, is a sixteen year old pianist from San Jose, California. She has been studying piano with Mrs. Kai Chi Zhu since she was five years old, and has performed as soloist with the El Golden State Youth Orchestra Senior Symphony and the...

#meetourstudents! Polina Strela, a 6th grade student at the Brearley School in New York City, began studying the piano at the age of 5. She currently studies with Genya Paley in the Honors program at the Mannes College of Music Preparatory Division. She has...

#meetourstudents! Leo Gevisser, 17, is presently studying under Professors Kathryn Brown and Daniel Shapiro at the Cleveland Institute of Music Young Artists Program, and will continue his studies at The Juilliard School in fall 2020. Leo recently won the Grand...

#meetourstudents! Ella Sumanasen is a native of Sammamish, Washington, USA. She has been studying piano since she was almost five years old and violin since she was six years old, and is currently studying piano with Donna Bender. Ella will be a high school...

PASSING PRE-SCREENING! Join us as Nathaniel Yaffe leads our course "Recording Techniques for the Performing Musician” in all three festivals: Piano, Violin/Viola and Cello!  From the perspective of a professional cellist and recording engineer, this course is...