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Episode 4: Thomas Sauer lets us know what he is most excited about for our upcoming Vivac-e Virtual Piano Festival. Application deadline June 1, 2020! #vivacemusicfestival #application #deadline #piano #onlinefestival Source

#AreyouYETI? Vivac-e Virtual Piano Festival participants receive the Blue Yeti external microphone as part of the Vivac-e Audio Kit! Participants keep the microphone following the festival, and also receive pre-festival consultations with our resident audio...

#Introducing our faculty! A member of the Orion String Quartet, violist Steven Tenenbom has performed with the Guarneri and Emerson string quartets and the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson and Beaux Arts trios. He is a member of the viola faculty of the Juilliard...

Application deadline June 1st! We asked Dmitri Vorobiev why you should apply: this is what he said. Dmitri performs Chopin's Waltz in A-flat Major, KK 1209-11 #vivacemusicfestival #onlinefestival #application #deadline #piano Source

#Introducing our faculty! Violinist MIRIAM FRIED has performed as soloist with virtually every major orchestra in the United States and Europe. She won first prize in Genoa's Paganini International Competition and was the first woman to win first prize in the...

#Introducing our faculty! Violinist ANI KAVAFIAN has performed as soloist with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony, among many others. She has appeared at the White House on three separate...

Episode 3: Boris Slutsky lets us know what he is most excited about for our upcoming Vivac-e Virtual Piano Festival! Application deadline June 1, 2020! #vivacemusicfestival #application #deadline #piano Source

Introducing our Faculty! Violist KIM KASHKASHIAN won a Grammy Award in 2013 for her recording of Ligeti and Kurtag. She received the George Peabody Medal and Switzerland's Golden Bow Award for her contributions to music. She was elected a Fellow of the American...

We are THRILLED to officially announce the Vivac-e Virtual Violin & Viola Festival, which takes place July 27-August 4. In addition to lessons, courses, discussions, master classes and more from our WORLD-CLASS faculty, participants receive the Vivac-e Audio...

Episode 2: Joseph Rackers lets us know what he is most excited about for our upcoming Vivac-e Virtual Piano Festival! Music: Joseph Rackers performs Bach's Prelude and Fugue in E major BWV 878 Application deadline June 1, 2020! #vivacemusicfestival...