VIVO’s 12th season opens with a pay-what-you-wish concert featuring music by Brandon Ridenour, Bartók’s jazz-influenced Contrasts, an onstage conversation with VIVO’s Artistic Directors, and Amy Beach’s romantic Piano Quintet.

VIVO returns to Natalie’s Grandview with two unique presentations of its wildly popular “Beer and Beethoven.” The 6pm set, Beer and Beethoven, features pieces with jazz, pop, and American folk influences.

VIVO returns to Natalie’s Grandview to present two unique presentations of its wildly popular “Beer and Beethoven.” The 9pm set, Different Trains, features experimental works by Morton Feldman and Steve Reich alongside the world premiere of a commission by Ohio composer Gregory Evans.

Chamber Music Columbus and VIVO Music Festival continue their annual partnership with a program celebrating hope in American music. The season finale performance features works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Philip Glass, and VIVO: Next Composition Fellow Calvin Ray Shawler, culminating in Aaron Copland’s uplifting Appalachian Spring.