Tune in on July 10 at 12 PM (ET) for a program of works by Schumann, Brahms, and Adès

We're coming to you from the Kronberg Academy in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany, for the weekly concert of the Kronberg Academy Young Virtuosi Series, featuring violist Sào Soulez Larivière. For this concert, entitled Nachklang, Sào is joined by violinist Cosima Soulez Larivière and pianist Martina Consonni.

Currently enrolled in the Professional Studies programme at the Kronberg Academy, Franco-Dutch violist Sào Soulez Larivière has performed at renowned academies such as the Verbier Festival, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Ozawa Academy, and IMS Prussia Cove. He has also won top prizes at the Tokyo Viola Competition, Oskar Nedbal Viola Competition, Max Rostal Competition, Cecil Aronowitz Viola Competition, and Johannes Brahms Competition. A member of the Frielinghaus Ensemble, Larivière initially took violin lessons from Igor Voloshin, before receiving a scholarship to study with Natasha Boyarsky at the Yehudi Menuhin School.  He later graduated from the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” studying with Tabea Zimmermann, and began his master of music degree at the Kronberg Academy in 2022.

Every Wednesday at 12 PM (ET), audiences can watch an hour-long concert featuring the Kronberg Academy's students from the Professional Studies program and the Sir András Schiff Performance Program for Young Pianists. Recorded at the Carl Bechstein Hall, the recital programs were designed by the young artists themselves, and often feature their friends from the Academy’s Bachelor and Master programs performing alongside them.