season 9

VIVO Music Festival will return for our ninth season, september 3-9, 2023 at venues throughout Columbus, Ohio.
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SEASON 8

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Important COVID update: reduced seating capacity for all indoor events.

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Schubert and Beethoven
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  • When:   Wednesday, August 31 | 7pm
  • Location:   Columbus Museum of Art: Schottenstein Property Group Pavilion
  • Tickets:   General Admission Tickets On Sale August 1, 2022.
  • What:   An evening of classical beauty featuring Ludwig van Beethoven's Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano paired with Franz Schubert's indomitable Quintet for Strings. These two masterpieces of early romanticism will be presented in the beautiful space and superior acoustics of CMA's Schottenstein Property Group Pavilion, with seating "in the round" to give audience members a closeness to the performers befitting the intimate nature of these two works.
Beer & Beethoven: Live In-Studio at WOSU
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  • When:   Thursday, September 1 | 7pm
  • Location:   WOSU
  • Tickets:   General Admission Tickets On Sale August 1, 2022.
  • What:   VIVO and WOSU will team up to present the wildly popular Beer & Beethoven event presented live at the WOSU Classical 101 studio for the first time. Join VIVO guest artists and Jennifer Hambrick for an hour-long exploration of the music of VIVO Season 8, featuring conversations and performances aired live on WOSU Classical 101 and, of course, beer, all presented in an informal, convivial atmosphere.
VIVO & Chamber Music Columbus
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  • When:   Sunday, September 4 | 2pm
  • Location:   Southern Theatre
  • Tickets:   $25/$15 students
  • Details:   RSVP Here
  • What:   For the first time, two of Columbus's premier chamber music organizations join forces to celebrate 75 years of Chamber Music Columbus. Featuring Ravel's colorful Piano Trio, Gabriel Faurés passionate Piano Quartet, No. 1, plus the world premiere of Korean composer Jaehyuck Choi's clarinet quintet commissioned by Chamber Music Columbus for their 75th anniversary season in honor of their founder James Cain.

ALL SEATS ARE sold out

All available VIP and General Admission areas are RSVP'd for. Due to COVID-19 precautions, there will be limited standing rooms available within Derby Court.

You can tune-in for our livestream day-of event here.

Please consider donating to continuing expanding our mission of building community through world-class chamber music performances. Thank you for your support!

7 years
of presenting innovative and incisive programming
75+
concerts + events throughout central Ohio
6500+
Fans who joined us at breweries, theaters, galleries, museums and many other locations
300%
growth in festival budget and awarded grants since 2015

MEET 2022 VIVO

artists

Strings Workshop

MUSIC
festival

VIVO Music Festival is an annual chamber music festival based in Columbus, Ohio. We present concerts and events in partnership with local institutions and businesses, including museums, breweries, assisted living centers, veteran affairs hospitals, and other community spaces.

VIVO is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, and is supported by Greater Columbus Arts Council, Ohio Arts Council, and many other organizations and businesses throughout central Ohio.

Perform / Host
OUR
mission

VIVO's mission is to build community through world-class chamber music performances.

Our vision is to serve as a catalyst for local artistic engagement by bringing innovative, community-oriented music performances directly to central Ohio’s diverse neighborhoods.

Volunteer / Partner
BUILD
community

At the core of VIVO's work is a belief in democratizing the arts. We work with community partners to present musical initiatives that transcend cultural, economic, and physical barriers.

There is no one-size-fits-all format to a VIVO event, and our diverse formats reflect our diverse audiences. Join us in continuing this work, and making world-class music available to all.

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MEET VIVO

team
Siwoo Kim portrait by Ted Ou-Yang
Siwoo Kim
Artistic Director, violin
Westerville South HS ‘08
Co-founder

MADE IN
OHIO

Ted Ou-Yang portrait
Ted Ou-Yang
Co-founder
‍‍Upper Arlington HS ‘07

MADE IN
OHIO

John Stulz portrait by Ted Ou-Yang
John Stulz
Artistic Director, viola
Upper Arlington HS '06
‍Co-founder

MADE IN
OHIO

Alicia Hui portrait by Ted Ou-Yang
Alicia Hui
Community Engagement Director, violin
Columbus Symphony, principal 2nd violin
Shana Scott portrait by Ted Ou-Yang
Shana Scott
Festival Producer
Whitehall-Yearling HS

MADE IN
OHIO

Suzanne Jennison portrait by Ted Ou-Yang
Suzanne Jennison
Festival Director, English horn
New Albany Symphony Orchestra

MADE IN
OHIO

MEET VIVO

partners
Ohio Living Westminster-Thurber logoReeb Avenue Center logoThe Loft violin shop logoJohnstone Fund for New Music logoWOSU Classical 101 logoColumbus Museum of Art logo
Ohio Arts CouncilGreater Columbus Arts Council
GrooveU
The Columbus Foundation

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