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Celebrating the fusion of cultures – a world of viola music

March 1st

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July 17 to 20

Congress days

Five days of Art, innovation, ideas and interaction

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01 _ About the Event

49th Congress of the Internacional Viola Society 2024

We at ABRAV are very happy to be chosen to host the 49th IVS Congress in 2024! It will be the first time this important event will take place in South America, hosted at Unicamp, Campinas/SP in July 2024.

The theme of the Congress is: “Celebrating the fusion of cultures  a world of viola music”. The Congress will invite a small number of individuals to present performances and masterclasses; all other events will be scheduled exclusively by selection through this proposal submission process.

Features Artists

Tatjana Mead Chamis

Pittsburgh Symphony and Carnegie Melon University, USA

and pianist/composer André Mehmari, one of Brazil’s leading creative and performing musicians

Jennifer Stumm

USA/Austria

will perform with her group Ilumina and pianist André Mehmari in the final concert

Jutta Puchhammer

Austria/Canada

will perform two viola concertos accompanied by the Jundiai Symphony Orchestra in the opening concert

Renato Bandel

Brazil

will perform Ernst Mahle’s concertino with Unicamp’s Symphony Orchestra

Georgina Rossi

Chile

will perform a viola and piano recital with works from Brazilian and Chilean composers

Guest Artists

17/7 – 19:30
OPENING CONCERT

Jutta Puchhammer + Jundiaí Municipal Symphony Orchestra

19/7 – 19:30
GALA CONCERT

Tatjana Mead Chammis + André Mehmari

7/21 – 7:30 pm
CLOSING CONCERT

Jennifer Stumm + Ilumina Ensemble + André Mehmari

Discover the Thematic Axes

Check out the main topics that will be discussed over the 5 days of the event.

New contributions to the viola repertoire
Forgotten composers, underrepresented groups, lesser-known music
Music from Brazil and Latin America
New strategies in teaching the viola
Questions related to the violist's health
Use of the viola in popular music and improvisation
Historical performance on the viola

Check the lectures and events related to each of the thematic axes on the event schedule page

04 _ Get in touch

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