Vivac-e Blog

#Didyouknow? Vivac-e's auditor program allows interested observers to join us for the entire festival (Vivac-e Passport), for all events on a single day (Vivac-e Day Pass) or for a single event (Vivac-e Single Event Ticket). Visit e.vivacematera.com/tickets for...

Performing as soloist with orchestra is one of the most special experiences a musician can have. At Vivace Matera each summer, all participants perform a concerto with orchestra! Although we can’t meet in person in Matera, and therefore cannot present concerti,...

#didyouknow? Vivac-e Virtual Music Festival will also host a violin/viola and cello program! Stay tuned for more details! #vivacemusicfestival #onlinefestival #violin #viola #cello #onlinelessons #classicalmusic Source

Praised by critics as “a diva of the piano” (The Salt Lake City Tribune), “a mesmerizing risk-taker” (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland), and “simply spectacular” (Chicago International Music Foundation) Ukrainian-American pianist Marina Lomazov has established...

Hailed as an “American Virtuoso” (Audiophile Audition), “enormous power and intelligent, instinctive interpretation” (Spoleto Today), and “simply dazzling” (The State), pianist Joseph Rackers is co-artistic director of Vivac-e Virtual Piano Festival. He has...

Italian virtuoso Leonardo Colafelice joins our visiting artist roster to present a concert and take part in our Competing and Winning course! Leonardo has performed around the globe and received second prize in the 2016 Cleveland International Piano...

Pianist Thomas Sauer has performed throughout the world, including at New York's Lincoln Center, London's Wigmore Hall and Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. He has appeared with Midori and Colin Carr and the Juilliard and Brentano string quartets. We are thrilled to...

#didyouknow? Participants receive the Vivac-e Audio Kit, which includes an external microphone, tutorial and pre-festival sessions with our in-house audio engineer to create the best sound from home and get the most out of online lessons! The Vivac-e Audio Kit...

In September 2009 Sofya Gulyak was awarded the 1st prize and the Princess Mary Gold Medal at the Sixteenth Leeds International Piano Competition – the first woman in the history of the competition to achieve this distinction. Since then she has appeared all...

A major prize-winner in the Busoni, Cincinnati World, Ibla Grand Prize, A.M.A. Calabria, Iowa and Alabama international piano competitions, DMITRI VOROBIEV is now part of the Vivac-e Piano Faculty! Vorobiev will also lead our Improvising in Classical...