SEASON CALENDAR

August 29 - August 31, 2025

EXPLORE Season 11

VIVO: Meditation

August 27, 2025 7:00 PM

Strongwater Food and Spirits

Aug 27

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VIVO: Meditation

August 27, 2025 7:00 PM

Strongwater Food and Spirits

VIVO launches its 11th season with a hypnotic homage to the Italian composer, poet and mystic Giacinto Scelsi.

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VIVO: Metamorphosis

August 28, 2025 7:00 PM

Timashev Recital Hall

Aug 28

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VIVO: Metamorphosis

August 28, 2025 7:00 PM

Timashev Recital Hall

Inspired by the absurd visions of Franz Kafka, VIVO Metamorphosis spins a tale of fantasy, terror and unbridled emotion. While the iberian gallantry of Boccherini's Fandango for guitar, strings and castanets sets the Kafkaesque mood, György Kurtág's aphoristic fragments bring the author's voice to life for violin and voice. The evening closes with the raw intimacy of Janaček's 2nd string quartet, a contemporaneous musical echo of Kafka's own manic intimate letters. 

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Beer and Beethoven: Not So Classic

August 29, 2025 6:00 PM

Natalie’s Grandview

Aug 29

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Beer and Beethoven: Not So Classic

August 29, 2025 6:00 PM

Natalie’s Grandview

VIVO is thrilled to team up with Natalie’s Grandview to present two unique presentations of the wildly popular “Beer and Beethoven”. The first set of the evening, Beer and Beethoven: Not So Classic (6:00 pm), puts a fresh twist on the beloved format, offering playful updates and surprises that breathe new life into a favorite tradition.

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Beer and Beethoven: VIVO Next

August 29, 2025 9:00 PM

Natalie’s Grandview

Aug 29

THIS IS A PAST CONCERT

Beer and Beethoven: VIVO Next

August 29, 2025 9:00 PM

Natalie’s Grandview

VIVO is thrilled to team up with Natalie’s Grandview to present two unique presentations of the wildly popular “Beer and Beethoven”. The second set puts our VIVO Next fellows front and center for a gamified classical music romp. 

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VIVO: Momentum

August 31, 2025 3:00 PM

Southern Theatre Columbus

Aug 31

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VIVO: Momentum

August 31, 2025 3:00 PM

Southern Theatre Columbus

VIVO Season 11 ends with a festive program celebrating the second decade of bringing world-class chamber music to Columbus, Ohio. Aaron Jay Kernis explores the gamut of dance styles in a virtuosic pastiche for guitar and string quartet. Ottorino Respighi lyricism soars with his setting of Shelley's gothic poem "The Sunset". What goes around comes around as VIVO 2025 finishes, as we did in 2015, with the eternal fireworks of Mendelssohn's String Octet, bolstered now by the youthful exuberance of our first ever VIVO Next Fellows.

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