Musica Viva Zurich International Music School

✨ Final Concert of Our Anniversary Year – in 2 Weeks! ✨

We can’t wait for the final concert of our anniversary year, taking place in exactly two weeks!
Join us on Sunday, February 1, at 2:00 pm, in the beautiful Klus Park Kapelle, Zurich.

At the heart of the program are violin and piano concertos by Haydn, Vivaldi, and Mendelssohn, performed by our talented young students and accompanied by a chamber string ensemble, mostly formed by our wonderful teachers.

It will be a special afternoon filled with music, joy, and celebration — and we would love to share it with you!

🎶 Join us — we live music! 🎶

We wish everyone an inspiring new year full of music and joy!

Thank you for being with us. ❤️

✨ A Musical Weekend at Musica Viva ✨
What a wonderful weekend behind us: truly intense and full of music: On Saturday, our students had the unique opportunity to rehearse their piano and violin concertos with a chamber ensemble — an amazing experience and an important step as we prepare for our Gala Anniversary Concert on 1 February in the beautiful Klus Park Kapelle.

On Sunday, we continued our tradition of taking part in the charity concert of the Weisse Nächte choir in the majestic Predigerkirche — for some of our youngest students, it was their very first time performing on such a stage. A special joy brought our little vocal ensemble with their wonderful teacher Ljupka Rac. And though it’s just the beginning,what a success it was!
Bravo! 👏

Looking forward to future performances, a warm thank you to all students, teachers, families, and partners who make these moments possible.

We live music. Join us.

Unforgettable concert with magic Daniil Trifonov last Tuesday in the Tonhalle.. some lucky ones even managed to get a signature of the maestro himself. 😁🎹
So great to see how music, performed by a true master, can inspire such young people!

Looking forward to our next visit to the Tonhalle in January…

We live music. Join us.

Another inspiring In-house Salon last Saturday — bravo to all our wonderful students for their dedication and courage!

Next week will be continued with:
🎹 Tuesday: our joint visit to the Tonhalle to hear the incredible Daniil Trifonov
🎶 Saturday: rehearsals of piano concertos with chamber ensemble
💫 Sunday: our traditional participation in the Charity Concert of the choir Weisse Nächte — join us! (Details on the flyer attached)

A full week of music, inspiration, and community.
We live music. Join us.

✨ Welcome back to a new semester at Musica Viva! ✨

This week we started our autumn semester and are excited for all the new musical achievements ahead. 🎶 In the meantime, we’d love to share some impressions from our Final Summer Concert at the beautiful Villa Irniger on July 6.

As many of you know, Musica Viva is celebrating its 5th Anniversary! 🥳 We began the festivities last semester and will continue throughout this one — with the highlight being our Anniversary Gala Concert on December 6 at the Klus Park Kapelle in Zurich. (More details coming soon!)

We wish our entire Musica Viva family an inspiring, joyful, and music-filled semester! 💐🎹🎻🎤

Photos: Dennis Yulov

🎶 Time to sing!
New Vocal Ensemble Course in the beautiful Bonsai Garden 🌿

👧 Two small groups: ages 6–8 & 9–12
💡 The most effective way to start learning: voice, breathing, listening & more!

👉 Details in English & German on the pictures or at musicavivaschool.ch

🎶 Zeit zum Singen!
Neuer Vokalensemble-Kurs im wunderschönen Bonsai-Garten 🌿

👧 Zwei kleine Gruppen: 6–8 Jahre & 9–12 Jahre
💡 Der effektivste Start ins Singen: Stimme, Atmung, Hören & mehr!

👉 Details auf Deutsch & Englisch in den Bildern oder unter musicavivaschool.ch

🎶✨ Was für ein Semester! ✨🎶

So viel ist passiert – wir haben musiziert, zugehört, gelernt, improvisiert, gemeinsam Neues entdeckt… und dabei fast vergessen, all das auch online zu teilen! Höchste Zeit also, einen kleinen Rückblick auf ein ganz besonderes Frühlingsssemester bei Musica Viva zu werfen.

🌟 Zwei In-House Salons – unsere Jam-Sessions für Schüler*innen und Lehrer*innen – boten Raum zum Ausprobieren, Zuhören, Reagieren und musikalischen Wachsen. Kleine Bühnenmomente, grosse Entwicklungsschritte.

🎼 In den Speak Music-Kursen tauchten wir in die Welt von Mozart und Beethoven ein – mit spannenden Hörbeispielen, eigenen Analysen, und am Ende wurde sogar komponiert: Jede*r schrieb ein kleines eigenes Stück!

🎶 Ein besonderes Highlight war der Start unseres Vokalensembles für Kinder von 5 bis 7 Jahren – eine spielerische Entdeckungsreise durch Gesang, Bewegung und Ausdruck im wunderschönen Bonsai-Garten beim Museum Rietberg.

🎵 Im Rahmen unseres Projekts „Visit a Concert with Natasha“ waren wir wieder einmal zu Gast in der Tonhalle Zürich – diesmal bei einem berührenden Barockkonzert mit der wunderbaren Yulia Lezhneva. Ein besonderes Erlebnis für unsere kleinen und grossen Zuhörer*innen!

🌿 Und dann natürlich unser unglaubliche Music & Nature Camp im Seleger Moor Park – vier intensive Tage voller Musik, Kreativität, Gemeinschaft und Natur. Für viele ein echtes Herzensprojekt.

Und jetzt freuen wir uns auf den krönenden Abschluss:
🎉 Unser grosses Sommerkonzert
🗓 Diesen Sonntag, 6. Juli, 17 Uhr
📍 Villa Irniger, Zürich, Schneckenmannstr. 8, 8044 Zürich

Kommt vorbei – wir feiern die Musik!

🎶✨ What a Semester! ✨🎶

We’ve been so immersed in real life — creating, listening, learning, and making music together — that we almost forgot to share it all online! But now it’s time to catch up and look back on an incredibly rich few months at Musica Viva.

🌟 We had two vibrant In-House Salons — our beloved jam sessions where we not only learn to perform, but also to listen, respond, and grow as musicians together.

🎼 Our Speak Music theory classes took us deep into the worlds of Mozart and Beethoven — and in the final session, every student became a composer for a day!

🎶 We launched a new 8-week Vocal Ensemble – a joyful journey for children aged 5 to 7, exploring classical music and oneself through singing, movement, and expression in the enchanting Bonsai Garden near Museum Rietberg.

🎵 As part of our “Visit a Concert with Natasha” project, we also returned to the Tonhalle Zürich — this time for a moving evening of baroque music with the wonderful Yulia Lezhneva. A truly special experience for both young and grown-up ears!

🌿 And of course, there was our unforgettable Music & Nature Camp in the magical Seleger Moor Park — four intense, joyful, and creative days, full of music, discovery, and nature.

All of this leads us to the highlight of the semester:
🎉 Our Final Summer Concert
🗓 This Sunday, July 6, 5pm
📍 Villa Irniger, Zurich (Schneckenmannstr. 8)

Join us for this festive celebration of all the music we’ve lived and shared this spring and summer!

SPEAK MUSIC – Another great session of our all-in-one special theory course, Speak Music, took place last Saturday!
This semester is dedicated to Mozart and Beethoven, where our students are learning how to distinguish between these two musical giants. We began by listening to the overtures “Egmont” and “The Magic Flute.” While listening, the students followed along by reading the complete orchestral scores—a challenging but at the same time fantastic way to dive into the details of the music!
Next, we discussed and then watched Act 1 of The Marriage of Figaro, which brought plenty of fun and excitement. What a great feeling, when after two hours of listening, discussing operas, orchestras, and instruments, a 15-year-old student leaves the class saying, “Wow, thank you! That was so interesting!”. Moments like this remind us why we do what we do. 😇

We’re looking forward to the next class in April!

We live music. Join us.
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While our young music enthusiasts, along with their families enjoy their well-deserved winter holidays, here‘s some impressions to share about the autumn semester‘s highlight and grand finale - our school's Winter Concert, held in the elegant Löwen-Saal in Hausen am Albis.

The festive atmosphere of this beautiful venue was enriched by the soft glow of candlelight, bringing musicians and listeners closer to the world of 300 years ago, when most of the evening’s music was created.

This concert was a true Hommage à J.S. Bach, and we believe it was a wonderful experience to live through what he valued the most—music.

A heartfelt thank you to our young musicians, our wonderful audience, and the dedicated organizers who made this Winter Concert so inspiring!

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