In its 44-year history, Boston Musica Viva has performed more than 600 works by over 250 composers.
Among the composers whose work the ensemble has performed are Pulitzer Prize-winners Ellen Taaffe Zwilich[1] John Harbison, Joseph Schwantner[2] and Steven Stucky.
Boston Musica Viva has presented the world premieres of Thea Musgrave’s opera The Mocking-Bird, John Harbison’s A Full Moon in March, Theo Loevendie’s Gassir, the Hero, Martin Brody’s Heart of a Dog, and John Eaton’s Traveling with Gulliver.
In addition to its Boston concert season, Boston Musica Viva’s touring engagements have taken them to Lincoln Center, the Library of Congress, the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the 92nd Street Y, Tanglewood, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Michigan.
The ensemble has made eight tours of Europe, making appearances that included the Settembre Musica Festival in Turin, Italy.