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OUR AUGUST 8, 2024 CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
OUR AUGUST 9, 2024 CONCERT HAS HAD A VENUE CHANGE
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2024 Vivace opening concert
August 2, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. @The Wilson Center
The 2024 Vivace International Music Festival opens its Faculty Concert Series with a recital of fireworks from Guest Artist Marc-André Hamelin. Join us on August 2nd at Wilmington’s Wilson Center to experience this “performer of near-superhuman technical prowess” (The New York Times) and one of the great artists of today.

Vivace’s 2024 Guest Artists In Concert Together
August 3, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. @The Wilson Center
The Vivace International Music Festival’s 2024 Guest Artists join forces in a program of works by Karol Szymanowski, Gabriel Fauré, and Ludwig van Beethoven. Don’t miss this combination of 2021 Gramophone Magazine Artist of the Year and one of the most sought-after violinists on the international stage, James Ehnes, with “the most astonishing piano-playing you will ever hear” (Gramophone), Marc-André Hamelin.

August 8, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. @The Wilson Center
A showcase of artistry from the Vivace International Music Festival’s 2024 Faculty Artists. Pianists Thomas Sauer and Dmitri Vorobiev join cellists Hannah Roberts, Edward Arron, and Natasha Brofsky, and violinist Dmitri Berlinsky in a program of works by Amy Beach, Fryderyk Chopin, and Bedřich Smetana.
UPDATE – CONCERT CANCELLATION DUE TO WEATHER
Please see our Cancellation Announcement and information on ticket exchanges, refunds, and donations.

Alexander Kobrin, piano
August 9, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. @ St. James Episcopal
Called the “Van Cliburn of today” by the BBC, prize-winning pianist Alexander Kobrin has placed himself at the forefront of today’s performing musicians. In his fifth appearance with the Vivace International Music Festival, Alexander Kobrin presents a program of piano masterworks from Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

August 10, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. @The Wilson Center
The 2024 Vivace International Music Festival closes its Faculty Artist Series with a Vivace Extravaganza! Co-artistic directors Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers lead a dazzling display of multiple chamber music and piano ensembles, with Camille Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals arranged for Two Pianos and Chamber Orchestra as grand-finale!
General Admission Tickets
PREMIERE PACKAGES OPTIONS (ALL 5 CONCERTS) | PRICE |
Includes FREE parking at Wilson Center, a complimentary beverage, artists meet&greet and a commemorative pass | $240.0 (+ Tax & Facility Fee) |
Festival Pass - Seats in section P1 | $160.00 (+ Tax & Facility Fee) |
Festival Pass - Seats in section P2 | $100.00 (+ Tax & Facility Fee) |
3 CONCERT PACKAGE | PRICE |
Festival Pass - Seats in section P1 | $108.00 (+ Tax & Facility Fee) |
Festival Pass - Seats in section P2 | $67.50 (+ Tax & Facility Fee) |
SINGLE TICKETS | PRICE Sales Tax and Facility Fee Excluded |
Seats in section P1 | $40.00 (+ Tax & Facility Fee) |
Seats in section P2 | $25.00 (+ Tax & Facility Fee) |
Students | $10.00 (+ Tax & Facility Fee) |
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