Marcolivia
Marcolivia is an award-winning violin and violin/viola duo performing music of all styles and periods, from French Baroque to folk music, jazz, and Salon/Virtuoso works as well as their own arrangements.
The Marcolivia Duo has been featured many times on NPR’s “Performance Today” and “Front Row Washington”. They have been regular guest artists at the Tokyo College of Music, Japan, and have performed for the Federal Reserve Board in Washington DC, for the Hungarian American Coalition at the Cosmos Club, and annually at the Phillips Collection (where they are included on several CDs of Series Highlights and
Distinguished Performers), also the Kennedy Center, Strathmore, Cleveland Museum Of Art, Merkin Hall and Symphony Space, NYC.
In 2011, Marcolivia was invited to be founding members of the Phillips Camerata, based at the Phillips Collection and the National Gallery, Washington DC. and performing annually at the two venues.
The duo also performs double concertos regularly with most of the DC area orchestras as well as several in California’s Bay Area. In 2015, Marcolivia was invited to perform at the National Gallery with the St
Petersburg State Orchestra of Russia and the National Gallery Orchestra.
Marcolivia performed at Chamber Music America’s 25th Anniversary Concert in NYC, alongside groups such as the Juilliard Quartet and were the only chamber music finalists in the Concert Artists Guild
International Competition in 2000. The duo is on the roster of the Millenium Stage at the Kennedy Center and the Virginia Commission For The Arts Touring Roster.
Marcolivia is also on the roster of Washington Performing Arts. They regularly perform, coach and adjudicate for WPA events. The duo also transcribes works for their own performances, including Mozart’s Magic
Flute, among others.
During the summers, Marcolivia perform and teach abroad at festivals including Adriatic Music Festival (Italy), International Festival of Deia (Mallorca), Costa Rica Music Festival, and Dartingon International
Festival (UK). US festivals include Garth Newel Music Center, Blue Mountain (PA), Las Vegas Music Festival, Middlebury Festival (VT), Shenandoah Performs and the Heifetz Institute. Marc and Olivia teach
privately in Vienna, VA and online.
More information can be found here. Over 70 live audio and video links can be found on
YouTube.