VIVACE ADULT PIANO INITIATIVE
JULY 30 – AUGUST 10, 2025 in Wilmington, NC
WELCOME TO VIVACE 2025!
APPLICATIONS WILL OPEN ON DECEMBER 15
PROGRAM KEY DATES:
Applications Opening: Sunday, December 15, 2024
Applications Deadline: Monday, March 31, 2025
Arrival: Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Departure: Sunday, August 10, 2025
Questions? Please contact us at info@vivacemusicfoundation.org
Designed for non-professional pianists aged 35 and older, the Adult initiative at Vivace is designed to create an atmosphere of complete immersion in music, with specific programs only for adults!
Participants can choose to attend Vivace 2024 in-person only. All program information remains the same.
All participants receive a minimum of 5 45-minute master classes, and are able to study with multiple faculty. All master classes are open to be observed by all adult participants.
Participants have access to all festival concerts, courses, discussions, interviews & more.
Adult piano participants also have access to the following special opportunities:
– Studio Classes: ADULT PARTICIPANTS ONLY! Studio classes are designed to create more performance opportunities to help eliminate performance anxiety. Studio classes build connections and bonds between participants and help us celebrate great music together.
– Q & A and social engagements with faculty members: exclusive sessions with our world-class faculty for adult participants only.
– Four-Hand Collaboration: Vivace will facilitate four-hand piano and other chamber music collaborations among adult participants and faculty.
– While adult piano participants have access to all festival events, adult studio classes and master classes are open only to adult participants.
– Final performance: participants have the opportunity to perform in a final public recital.
VIVACE 2025 PIANO FACULTY
Marina Lomazov
Joseph Rackers
Tema Blackstone
Hung-Kuan Chen
Angela Cheng
Christopher Guzman
Marc-André Hamelin
Yakov Kasman
Alexander Kobrin
Jason Kwak
Jerome Lowenthal
Ursula Oppens
Gregg Pauley
Thomas Sauer
Dmitri Vorobiev
Kwan Yi
Eastman School of Music
Marina Lomazov
Vivace Co-Artistic Director
Eastman School of Music
Joseph Rackers
Vivace Co-Artistic Director
The Juilliard School
Tema Blackstone
The Juilliard School
Hung-Kuan Chen
Oberlin College & Conservatory
Angela Cheng
Northwestern University
Christopher Guzman
Marc-André Hamelin
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Yakov Kasman
Eastman School of Music
Alexander Kobrin
Texas State University School of Music
Jason Kwak
The Juilliard School
Jerome Lowenthal
CUNY Graduate Center & Mannes College of Music
Ursula Oppens
Private Studio
Gregg Pauley
Mannes College of Music and Vassar College
Thomas Sauer
UNC School of the Arts
Dmitri Vorobiev
East Carolina University School of Music
Kwan Yi
Application and Tuition Fees
Application fee: $80 USD
Late Application fee: $130 USD
Tuition: $2300 USD
Housing (optional): $2000 USD
Application fees are non-refundable.
Recording Requirement
All applicants must submit video recordings of a maximum of 10 minutes, demonstrating your current playing level.
Applicants may submit multiple pieces or one piece.
Eligibility
Participants aged 35 and up as of July 30, 2025 are eligible and encouraged to apply.
Lodging
In-person participants may choose to stay at a Vivace hotel, or may find housing on their own.
The official hotel of Vivace Wilmington is the Ballast Hotel. The festival reserves the right to place participants in a neighboring hotel in downtown Wilmington.
Important Program information
– Participants should arrive in Wilmington no later than 5:00PM on July 30, 2025 and will check-out on August 10, 2025.
– Participants may arrive in Wilmington in advance of the festival but must be responsible for their own lodging and other expenses. Practice facilities are not available until the first day of the festival.
– Health protocols and requirements for participants will be made available as we get closer to the festival.
Contact Us
Questions? Please contact us at info@vivacemusicfoundation.org
Practice Facilities
All piano participants will have access to practice facilities from 8:00am to 6:00pm (Mon-Sat). Sundays have usually a modified practice schedule.
Food Services
All participants are responsible for their own meals. Vivace will provide you with a VIP pass and has collaborated with the best restaurants and coffee shops in Wilmington to bring you discounts on your meal!
Getting to Wilmington
Airports: ILM (Wilmington) or RDU (Raleigh)
If you are flying into Wilmington (ILM), you can call Hotel Ballast upon arrival and they will send a shuttle for you. The airport is 8 minutes(!!) from downtown Wilmington.
Hotel Ballast – (910) 763-5900
If you prefer to take an Uber/Lyft – the address of the Vivace hotel is 301 N. Water Street, Wilmington.
Our venues
Vivace activites take place in the most charming venues of downtown Wilmington (NC), all at walking distance one from another. Our events are surrounded by a charming and historic downtown, a lovely river walk and amazing local food.
Vivace venues include:
Sample day at Vivace
Vivace gives you a total immersion in music for 10-straight days. Here’s what a standard day at Vivace can look like:
8:00AM Practice Rooms open
6:00PM Practice Rooms close
Private Lessons
Additional Lessons are possible and scheduled based on the faculty availability. We usually request them right at the beginning of the festival and have an additional fee of $250.