Program and Artist Biography

Marcolivia is an award-winning violin and violin/viola duo performing music from all styles and periods. The duo has performed twice on NPR's "Performance Today." They are regular guest artists at the Tokyo College of Music and  have performed for the Federal Reserve Board in Washington D.C., the Hungarian American Coalition at the Cosmos Club, and at The Phillips Collection, the Kennedy Center, and Merkin Hall and Symphony Space in New York.

Marcolivia has adjudicated and given master classes for events organized by the Washington Performing Arts Society.

Marcolivia performed at Chamber Music America's 25th Anniversary Concert in New York, alongside the Juilliard Quartet, among other groups. They 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.

During the summers, Marcolivia performs in Japan, Italy, Spain, England, and the U.S. at various music festivals. They are planning several recording projects with Centaur Records.

Olivia Hajioff and Marc Ramirez enjoy successful individual solo and chamber music careers. Ms. Hajioff, a Fulbright scholar, received a BBC Young Musician of the Year Award.  In her native England she has performed chamber music at the Dartington International Festival with David Owen Norris and Stephen Bishop Kovacevich. She has performed throughout Europe and the U.S., notably in London's Wigmore Hall, the South Bank, Cheltenham Festival, Paderewski Hall in Switzerland, and the Kennedy Center.

Mr. Ramirez has concertized throughout Europe and North America, visiting such halls as the Tretyakov Museum in Moscow, Carnegie Recital Hall, and the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. His recitals have been broadcast on many radio stations, including in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Among his awards are first prizes in the Henryk Szeryng International Violin Competition, the International Parisot-Friedman String Competition, and the Cavallaro International Competition for a two-year fellowship to Yale University. From 1983-86, he toured and studied with Henryk Szeryng.