Vivian Wilhelms

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Norman welcomes young pianist Vivian Wilhelms to the studio. Ms. Wilhelms received second place in the 2015 MSO Bolz Young Artists Compete: The Final Forte. In 2010, she was the winner of the MSO Fall Youth Concerto Competition, in 2013, she was a winner of the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras (WYSO) Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition, and in 2014, she received first place in the UW Madison School of Music High School Piano Extravaganza Competition. She attends Waunakee High School. Today in our studio she performs:

  • Bach’s Partita No. 1
  • Tchaikovsky’s Barcarolle (June)
  • Chopin’s Scherzo No. 2 in B flat Minor​
  • Ravel’s Sonatine


(Studio photo by Chali Pittman/WPR)

Episode Credits

  • Allen Rieland Technical Director

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