It’s so exhilarating seeing so many interested people. It has historical significance and musical significance,” says Zeljko Pavlovic, owner of Vivaldi Music Academy. It’s the busiest performing arts center in the country, a huge complex with multiple theaters. “We chose Kennedy Center because it’s a cultural hub. The program includes students and faculty playing a range of genres – from popular music to classical pieces – and a variety of instruments – from piano and violin to banjo and drums.
Vivaldi Music Academy presents its summer recital at the Kennedy Center on June 23. We needed a teacher who would allow her to play pieces she wants to play like Bohemian Rhapsody and jazz.” KENNEDY CENTER
My children have different personalities. “I like Vivaldi’s philosophy of teaching – one size does not fit all. So we wanted to open the door for our children, to expose them,” she says. My grandmother played the piano, my parents played and I played the piano my whole life,” she says.ĭel Valle and her husband registered Emiliano and her other two children have taken instrument lessons at Vivaldi Music Academy. “I get emotional watching Emiliano play the piano because it is a legacy, a continuation in my family. “It makes me so happy for him that he can do this and that Vivaldi has created this opportunity for him,” says mom Trienet del Valle who’s sentimental about her son’s passion for piano. Two years ago, the recital was held at world-renowned Carnegie Hall in New York City. Last year, students and staff performed at the historic Vivaldi Church in Venice, Italy. This is the third year in a row that Vivaldi Music Academy has chosen an extraordinary location for its summer recital. He feels that this is special.” says Trienet del Valle. I’ve been working on this for so long,” he says. “I am excited to play my piece in the capital of the United States.
He is one of more than 40 students and faculty members from Vivaldi Music Academy in Houston who are traveling for the out-of-state recital. Playing piano makes me feel confident,” he says.Įmiliano is preparing for his recital at a historical venue: the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. “When I walk past the piano, I just feel like I want to play. This week, he is practicing a piece by composer Johann Sebastian Bach. But before all the activity, he starts his mornings on the piano, in his pajamas. On any given summer day, you can find 8-year-old Emiliano del Valle playing soccer with his friends, swimming, writing or creating stop-motion movies.
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