International Viola Congress 2024
Congress Program
The program information below may change.
July 17th
| Starting time | Auditorium (+ Sala Watari) Activity | Proponents | Room 35 Activity | Proponents | Room 41 Activity | Proponents | Room 22 Activity | Proponent |
| 09:00 | Reception of Congress Participants | Rehearsals for the recitals of the day | viola Ensemble | ABRAV | ||||
| 11:00 | Opening Ceremony UNICAMP Viola Ensemble | |||||||
| 12:00 | lunch | |||||||
| 13:00 | Masterclass Daphne Gerling | ABRAV | SR - World Premiere of Matthew Heap's Finding Balance for Viola, Horn and Piano | Andrea Houde, viola; Albert Houde, horn; Luiza A. Salles, piano | LEC - Jogo musical Dados Mágicos! Uma ferramenta didática que fornece suporte lúdico para o ensino do instrumento. (Musical game Magic Dice! A pedagogical tool that provides playful support for teaching the instrument.) (Lecture in Portuguese) (online lecture) | Maria F. Canabarro | exhibitor 1 | |
| 13:30 | SR - Concertino for Viola and Piano nº 2 - José Ursicino da Silva (Duda) | Camila Meirelles, viola; Ana Carolina Sacco, piano | ||||||
| 14:00 | SR - Duo for Viola: New Music of the Americas | Timothy Deighton + Tatjana Mead Chamis, violas | ||||||
| 14:30 | SR - A Musical Portrait of the American Southwest - Reflections on a Desert Winter | Stephen Nordtstrom, viola; Dominic Dousa, piano | ||||||
| 15:00 | break | |||||||
| 15:30 | LR 2 - Unconventional Cadential Conventions: Exploring the World of Ogu Music on the Viola through African Pianism | Jeanne-Louise Moolman; Ana Carolina Sacco, piano | SR - Niccolò Paganini - Composizioni per Viola e Chitarra (New additions to the viola repertoire) | Rossana Cauti - Viola; Isaac Lausell - Guitar | WS - Body Mapping | Juliet White-Smith | ||
| 16:00 | SR - New Works for Solo Viola from Brazil and a tribute to Mr. Ricardo Kubala | Jessé Máximo Pereira, viola | ||||||
| 16:30 | Rehearsal Orq Jundiaí + Jutta | ABRAV | SR - Trio in b minor (1906) by Marco Anzoletti | Alicia Valoti, viola; Matheus G. Souza, violin; Luciana Gastaldi, piano | LEC - Bachiana Brasileira 2.0 for Viola Solo and Jazz Trio - Bringing Harmony Into to the Mix | Flávio Chamis | ||
| 17:00 | SR - "Solo, duo, quattro" | Wojciech Kolaczyk, Karin Dolman, Emlyn Stam, Marcin Murawski, violas | ||||||
| 17:30 | ||||||||
| 18:00 | SR - Purple Fantasies for Solo Viola | Kevin Nordstrom, viola | ||||||
| 18:30 | dinner | |||||||
| 19:30 | Concert: Orq Jundiaí + Jutta (aud) | ABRAV | ||||||
| 21:00 |
July 18th
| Starting time | Auditorium (+ Sala Watari) Activity | Proponents | Room 35 Activity | Proponents | Room 41 Activity | Proponents | Room 22 Activity | Proponent |
| 09:00 | Rehearsals for the recitals of the day | Rehearsals for the recitals of the day | WS - Challenges and creative solutions in performing Béla Bartók´s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Sz. 120, BB 128 | Rossana Cauti | Viola Ensemble | ABRAV | ||
| 10:00 | LEC - Viola Family Trees: Complexities of Heritage and Lineage and their Effects on Viola Teaching | Dorotea Vismara & Andrew Filmer | exhibitor 2 | |||||
| 11:00 | SR - Marcin Murawski & Alina Kubik: "Emotions: 24 reflections" | Marcin Murawski and Alina Kubik, violas | LEC 3 - Aprenda mais rápido! Torne seu estudo mais eficiente! (Learn faster! Make your practice more efficient!)(lecture in Portuguese) | Hella Frank | ||||
| 11:30 | SR - Multicultural Mosaic from the United States | Diane Phoenix-Neal, viola Paul Steinberg, piano | ||||||
| 12:00 | lunch | |||||||
| 13:00 | Masterclass Marcin Murawski | ABRAV | FR - Music from Latin and North America for Viola and Piano | Daphne Gerling, viola; Tomoko Kashiwagi, piano | LR - Uncharted Horizons: A Voyage of Exploration and Growth | Hsiaopei Lee & Borislava Iltcheva | ||
| 14:00 | LR - ”Quatro peças em Suite” de Fernando Lopes Graça | Jorge Alves | ||||||
| 15:00 | break | |||||||
| 15:30 | FR - Works by Brazilian composers for Viola and Piano | Carlos Aleixo and Cenira Schreiber | SR - A Collection of Mexican Duos for Violin and Viola | Kevin & Stephen Nordstromauti | LEC - Toward an International Working Group for Viola Music Catalogues | Kristofer Skaug, Daphne Gerling, Myrna Layton | ||
| 16:00 | SR - Two Brazilian Duos for Violin and Viola | Kevin & Stephen Nordstrom | ||||||
| 16:30 | Rehearsal: Georgina Rossi | Georgina Rossi | FR - Trio Echinata - Music from Brazil and Latin America for Viola, Clarinet and Piano | Luiz Paulo Dourado Freire, viola; Ricardo Dourado Freire, clarineta; Guilherme Baldovino, piano | WS - Freedom in movement, and freedom in rhythmiquement and ease in performing | Françoise Gneri | ||
| 17:00 | ||||||||
| 17:30 | Rehearsal: Bandel + Sinfônica da Unicamp | ABRAV | LR - Going Outside the Etude Canon: Jorge Variego’s 18+3 Etudes for Solo Viola | Kevin Nordstrom | ||||
| 18:30 | dinner | |||||||
| 19:30 | Concert: Bandel + Sinfônica da Unicamp (Auditorium) | ABRAV | ||||||
| 21:00 |
July 19th
| Starting time | Auditorium (+ Sala Watari) Activity | Proponents | Room 35 Activity | Proponents | Room 41 Activity | Proponents | Room 22 Activity | Proponent |
| 09:00 | Rehearsals for the recitals of the day | Rehearsals for the recitals of the day | LEC - Student-centered teaching and the development of self-regulated learning | Hella Frank | Viola Ensemble | ABRAV | ||
| 10:00 | WS - Panel discussion: Viola Pedagogy in the 21st Century | Hella Frank + Daphne Gerling | exhibitor 3 | |||||
| 11:00 | FR - New Folk Romantic Music from Norway | Povilas Syrrist-Gelgota, Marcin Murawski | LEC - Métodos escritos originalmente para viola publicados entre 1773 e 1894 (Methods originally written for viola, published between 1773 and 1894) (lecture in Portuguese) | Karyni Danielly da Silva Vila | ||||
| 11:30 | SR - Sing Viola | Nehir Akansu | ||||||
| 12:00 | lunch | |||||||
| 13:00 | Masterclass Jutta Puchhammer | ABRAV | FR - Brazilian Music for viola and piano | Luciano Pontes; Ana Carolina Sacco, piano | LEC - Finding Smooth Pathways Through Viola Literature | Andrea Houde | ||
| 14:00 | FR - Hidden Gems: 20th and 21st Century Works for Viola | Juliet White-Smith, viola; Ana Carolina Sacco, piano | LEC - Some Ideas About Viola Making | Luis Claudio Manfio | ||||
| 15:00 | break | |||||||
| 15:30 | FR - Contrasts and Connections | Ayn Balija, viola; I-Jen Fang, percussion | SR - Charlotte Hampe - Sieben Kleine Barock-Tänze für Viola allein | Ames Asbell | LEC - 4 Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola, and orchestra (all in D major), and the Viola Concertos No. 2 & 3 by Karl Stamitz (1745-1801) | Keneth Martinson | ||
| 16:00 | SR - Sonata T22 - Brenno Blauth | Daniel Marques, viola; Luciana Noda, piano | ||||||
| 16:30 | FR - TAIORO KI TE WHENUA | Donald Maurice, viola; Sharn Maree, spoken word; Rob Thorne, taonga puoro | WS - The Language of Choro on Viola - Rhythm, Articulation and Improvisation | Luiz Paulo D. Freire, Camila Meirelles | ||||
| 17:30 | FR - The Devil with the three golden hairs | Karin Dolman, viola; Emlyn Stam, viola | FR - The French contemporary new viola repertoire | Karine Lethiec | ||||
| 18:30 | dinner for those who don't go to the gala dinner | |||||||
| 19:30 | Gala Concert: Tatjana + Mehmari (Sala Watari) | ABRAV | ||||||
| 21:30 | Gala Dinner (espaço Malbec) |
July 20th
| Starting time | Auditorium (+ Sala Watari) Activity | Proponents | Room 35 Activity | Proponents | Room 41 Activity | Proponents | Room 22 Activity | Proponent |
| 09:00 | Rehearsals for the recitals of the day | Rehearsals for the recitals of the day | LEC - Bowing Practices in the Baroque Era | Christine Rutledge | Viola Ensemble | ABRAV | ||
| 10:00 | WS - How to Bow Baroque Music: A Hands-On Approach | Christine Rutledge | exhibitor 4 | |||||
| 11:00 | FR-European musical voyage for 2 violas | Françoise Gneri, viola; Karine Lethiec, viola | FR + Lecture - China meets Europe | Ye Zi, viola; Beitong Liu, ehru; Jennifer Alexandra, piano | LEC - Treatistic approaches for Viola in the 17th and 18th centuries | Marcus Held | ||
| 11:30 | ||||||||
| 12:00 | lunch | |||||||
| 13:00 | Masterclass Tatjana Mead Chamis | ABRAV | LR -Ann Odd Couple: Music for Viola and Horn | Andrea Houde, viola; Albert Houde, horn | LEC - Aproximações históricas entre a viola e a viola d’amore (Historical approximations between the Viola and the Viola d'Amore) (in Portuguese) | Felipe Galhardi | ||
| 14:00 | LR - Brazilian contemporary music for Viola Solo - A collaboration between compositor and performer | Luiz Paulo Dourado Freire, viola; Kino Lopes, composer | WS - Teaching music with visualization - presenting the Amazing Violin Comics | Lauri Hamailanen | ||||
| 15:00 | break | |||||||
| 15:30 | FR - Polish Landscape | Lech Balaban, viola; Krzysztof Sowinski, piano | IVS Annual Gen meet | IVS | ||||
| 16:00 | ||||||||
| 16:30 | LR - Works for Viola and Taonga Puoro, Maori Musical Instrument | Sophia Acheson, viola; Ariana Tikao, taonga puoro | ||||||
| 17:00 | ||||||||
| 17:30 | FR - Vio-Latino: new works from the South American diaspora | Emlyn Stam, viola; Sherry Grant, piano | ||||||
| 18:30 | dinner | |||||||
| 19:30 | Recital: Georgina Rossi, viola Milena Lopes, piano (Auditorium) | ABRAV | ||||||
| 21:00 |
July 21st
| Starting time | Auditorium (+ Sala Watari) Activity | Proponents | Room 35 Activity | Proponents | Room 41 Activity | Proponents | Room 22 Activity | Proponents |
| 09:00 | Rehearsals for Mahle recital | Rehearsals for the recitals of the day | WS - Improviola jazz | Nehir Akansu | Viola Ensemble | ABRAV | ||
| 10:00 | LR - Music for Viola by Ernst Mahle | Hella Frank, Pedro Visockas, Marco Catto, Eric Licciardi, Fabio Saggin, Sonia Feres-Lloyd, violas Cristina Gerling, Cenira Schreiber, TBA, piano | LR - New Music by Chilean Composers for Solo Viola and for Viola and Piano | Carola Fredes | LEC - Six Effective Strategies for Enhancing Confidence & Achieving Performance Goals | Kevin & Stephen Nordstrom | exhibitor 5 | |
| 11:00 | LR - Puss in Boots: A Lecture Recital on new approaches for successful concert venues | Karin Dolman | LEC - Edino Krieger's Brasiliana: Background, Analysis, and Interpretational Possibilities | Leonardo Piermartiri | ||||
| 12:00 | lunch | |||||||
| 13:00 | Masterclass Timothy Deighton | ABRAV | IVS Delegates Meeting | IVS | ||||
| 13:30 | ||||||||
| 14:00 | LR - Two Cantilenas for viola and piano by M. Camargo Guarnieri: A transcription project | Diane Phoenix-Neal, viola; Paulo Steinberg, piano | ||||||
| 15:00 | break | |||||||
| 15:30 | FR - MUSICoMAN - music and video + Duo Viola & Accordion | Karine Lethiec, viola; Aude Giuliano, accordion | SR - Quarteto Ensaio de Naipe | Bruno de Luna, Eric Licciardi, Lianna Dugan, Pedro Visockas, viola | ||||
| 16:30 | Ensaio Jennifer +André Mehmari + Ilumina | ABRAV | FR - Emoting through the Landscape: A Lecture Recital of Five Chinese Viola Compositions | Yue Qi, viola; Jennifer Alexandra, piano | ||||
| 18:30 | dinner | |||||||
| 19:30 | Final Concert: Viola Ensemble, Jennifer Stumm, André Mehmari + Ilumina | ABRAV | ||||||
| 21:00 |
Approved proposals by thematic axis
| Title | Proponent | Thematic axis |
| World Premiere of Matthew Heap's Finding Balance for Viola, Horn and Piano | Andrea Houde | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Ann Odd Couple: Music for Viola and Horn | Andrea Houde | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Toward na International Working Group for Viola Music Catalogues | Kristofer Skaug, Daphne Gerling, Myrna Layton | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Viola estendida | Martinez Galimberti Nunes, Daniel Vargas | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Perfect Storm | Mason Spencer | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| A Musical Portrai of the American Southwest - Reflections on a Desert Winter | Stephen Nordtstrom | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Música Brasileira Contemporânea para Viola Solo - A colaboração entre compositor e intérprete | Luiz Paulo Dourado Freire, Kino Lopes | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Am Ende muss die Sonne untergehen | Roberto Luque Schoham | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| New Folk Romantic Music from Norway | Povilas Syrrist-Gelgota | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| "Viola meet flute" | Wojciech Kolacyk | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Fazıl Say, his life, career as an acclaimed pianist and composer, his solo viola sonata | Barış Kerem Bahar | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Magisterra String Quartet - Global Connections | Dhyan Toffolo, Fernando Ernesto, Lopes Pereira | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Duo for Viola: New Music of the Americas | Timothy Deighton | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Works for Viola and Taonga Puoro, Maori Musical Instrument | Sophia Acheson, Ariana Tikao | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Niccolò Paganini - Composizioni per Viola e Chitarra (New additions to the viola repertoire) | Rossana Cauti | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| The Devil with the three golden hairs | Karin Dolman, Emlyn Stam | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Puss in Boots | Karin Dolman | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Polish Landscape | Lech Balaban, Krzysztof Sowinski | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Concertino para Viola e Piano nº 2 - José Ursicino da Silva (Duda) | Camila Meirelles | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Violatina: new works from the South American diaspora | Emlyn Stam, Sherry Grant | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Trio in b minor | Alicia Valoti | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| "Solo, duo, quattro" | Wojciech Kolaczyk et al | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| TAIORO KI TE WHENUA | Donald Maurice | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Boris Isaakovich Zeidman Concerto no. 2 for viola and orchestra (piano) | Istvan Szabo | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Marcin Murawski & Alina Kubik: "Emotions: 24 reflections" | Marcin Murawski | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Nueva música de compositoras y compositores chilenos para viola sola y dúo viola-piano | Carola Fredes | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| French viola music with viola ensemble from Cnsmd de paris | Françoise Gneri | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Sonata para Viola António Vitorino de Almeida | Jorge Alves | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Ensemble de Violas da ESMAE | Jorge Alves | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Ensemble de Violas APVDA | Jorge Alves | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| The viola french contemporary new repertoire | Karine Lethiec | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| Grupo de violas da China | YueQi | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| China meets Europe | Ye Zi | New additions to the viola repertoire |
| New Works for Solo Viola from Brazil and a tribute to Mr. Ricardo Kubala | Jessé Máximo Pereira | Music from Brazil and Latin America |
| Obras de Compositores/as Mineiros/as para viola e piano | Carlos Aleixo | Music from Brazil and Latin America |
| Trio Echinata - Música de Câmara do Brasil e AL para viola, clarinete e piano | Luiz Paulo D. Freire | Music from Brazil and Latin America |
| Música Latino e norte-americana para viola e piano | Daphne Gerling | Music from Brazil and Latin America |
| Música Brasileira para viola e piano | Luciano Pontes | Music from Brazil and Latin America |
| Two Cantilenas for viola and piano by M. Camargo Guarnieri: A transcription project | Diane Phoenix-Neal | Music from Brazil and Latin America |
| A Collection of Mexican Duos for Violin and Viola | Kevin & Stephen Nordstrom | Music from Brazil and Latin America |
| Quarteto Ensaio de Naipe | Eric Licciardi | Music from Brazil and Latin America |
| Sonata T22 - Brenno Blauth | Daniel Marques Rolim | Music from Brazil and Latin America |
| T’Rio Trios Brasileiros | Fernando Thebaldi | Music from Brazil and Latin America |
| Music for Viola by Ernst Mahle | Hella Frank, Marco Catto, | Music from Brazil and Latin America |
| Two Brazilian Duos for Violin and Viola | Kevin & Stephen Nordstrom | Music from Brazil and Latin America |
| Panel discussion: Viola Pedagogy in the 21st Century - What we can learn from research in Educational Psychology, Self-regulated Learning, Neuroscience and Somatics | Hella Frank & Daphne G. | New strategies in viola teaching |
| Aprenda mais rápido! Torne seu estudo mais eficiente! | Hella Frank | New strategies in viola teaching |
| Exploring Pedagogical Connections between Karen Tuttle and Simon Fischer Through the Lense of Hindemith’s Sonatas for Solo Viola | Brenton Caldwell | New strategies in viola teaching |
| Hindemith Solo Suite | Brenton Caldwell | New strategies in viola teaching |
| Métodos escritos originalmente para viola publicados entre 1773 e 1894 | Karyni Danielly da Silva Vila | New strategies in viola teaching |
| Finding Smooth Pathways Through Viola Literature | Andrea Houde | New strategies in viola teaching |
| Viola Family Trees: Complexities of Heritage and Lineage and their Effects on Viola Teaching | Dorotea Vismara & Andrew Filmer | New strategies in viola teaching |
| Going Outside the Etude Canon: Jorge Variego’s 18+3 Etudes for Solo Viola | Kevin Nordstrom | New strategies in viola teaching |
| CHALLENGES AND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS IN PERFORMING BÉLA BARTÓK’S CONCERTO FOR VIOLA AND ORCHESTRA, Sz. 120, BB 128 | Rossana Cauti | New strategies in viola teaching |
| Six Effective Strategies for Enhancing Confidence & Achieving Performance Goals | Kevin & Stephen Nordstrom | New strategies in viola teaching |
| Teaching music with visualization - presenting the Amazing Violin Comics | Lauri Hamalainen | New strategies in viola teaching |
| Jogo musical Dados Mágicos! Uma ferramenta didática que fornece suporte lúdico para o ensino do instrumento | Maria Fernanda Canabarro | New strategies in viola teaching |
| Freedom in mouvement, and freedom in rythmiquement and ease in performing | Françoise Gneri | New strategies in viola teaching |
| Student - centered teaching and the development of sefl-regulated learning | Hella Johanna Frank | New strategies in viola teaching |
| A Linguagem do Choro na Viola - Rítmo, articulação e improvisação | Luiz Paulo D. Freire | Use of the viola in improvisation and popular music |
| Improviola jazz | Nehir Akansu | Use of the viola in improvisation and popular music |
| Sound as protest- The political influence of music | Lynn Rudolph | Use of the viola in improvisation and popular music |
| Sing Viola | Nehir Ankansu | Use of the viola in improvisation and popular music |
| Bowing Practices in the Baroque Era | Christine Rutledge | Historical Performance on the viola |
| How to Bow Baroque Music: A Hands-On Approach | Christine Rutledge | Historical Performance on the viola |
| Aproximações históricas entre a viola e a viola d’amore | Felipe Galhardi | Historical Performance on the viola |
| Abordagens tratadísticas para viola nos séculos XVII e XVIII | Marcus Held | Historical Performance on the viola |
| Transcription of recently discovered Fantasies for Gamba by G.F. Telemann | Asdis Valdimarsdottir | Historical Performance on the viola |
| Ferdinando Giorgetti's "Gran Quintetto op 27", Publication Mysteries Solved! | Alicia Valotti | Forgotten, lesser-known music and underrepresented composers |
| Purple Fantasies for Solo Viola | Kevin Nordstrom | Forgotten, lesser-known music and underrepresented composers |
| Hidden Gems: 20th AND 21st Century Works for Viola | Juliet White & Ryan Behan | Forgotten, lesser-known music and underrepresented composers |
| Uncharted Horizons: A Voyage of Exploration and Growth | Hsiaopei Lee & Borislava Iltcheva | Forgotten, lesser-known music and underrepresented composers |
| Unconventional Cadential Conventions: Exploring the World of Ogu Music on the Voila and through African Pianism | Joseph Kunnuji & Jeanne-Louise Moolman | Forgotten, lesser-known music and underrepresented composers |
| Charlotte Hampe - Sieben Kleine Barock-Tänze für viola allein | Ames Asbell | Forgotten, lesser-known music and underrepresented composers |
| Contrasts and Connections | Ayn Balija | Forgotten, lesser-known music and underrepresented composers |
| Shared Recital: Multicultural Mosaic from the United States | Diane Phoenix-Neal | Forgotten, lesser-known music and underrepresented composers |
| five unique viola works featuring British Women composers from the 20th century | British Viola Society | Forgotten, lesser-known music and underrepresented composers |
| 4 Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola, and orchestra (all in D major), and the Viola Concertos No. 2 & 3 by Karl Stamitz (1745-1801 | Keneth Martinson | Forgotten, lesser-known music and underrepresented composers |
| Exploring Movement: An Introduction to Body Mapping for Musicians | Juliet White-Smith | Violists’ health issues |
| Some Ideas About Viola Making | Luis Claudio Manfio | Violists’ health issues |
| Palestra Body mapping | Asdis Valdimarsdottir | Violists’ health issues |
The Brazilian Violists Association is a non-profit association created in 2014. We aim to bring together professional violists, teachers, students and amateurs from all over Brazil.
Our objective is to promote and value the artistic quality of the entire violist class, individually and collectively.