Evan Vicic is the Acting Principal Violist of the Louisville Orchestra and has served as the Associate Principal Violist since January 2014. He frequently appears as a substitute with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. In the summers of 2017 and 2019, Evan had the honor of playing in the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, California. Evan has been a featured soloist with the Louisville Orchestra multiple times, including appearances as 1st viola on Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 (J.S. Bach) in December 2023, and as the violist in Concerto for String Quartet & Wind Orchestra (Erwin Schulhoff) in October 2021.
Originally hailing from Minnesota, Evan grew up studying the violin. He switched to viola prior to attending Northwestern University to study with Dr. Roland Vamos. After attaining his Bachelor’s in Music, he continued studies at Indiana University with Stephen Wyrczynski.
Evan is interested in many different genres of music and performed on the NPR nationally broadcast radio show "Live From Here" with Bruce Hornsby and Chris Thile. Evan is a proud member of the NouLou Chamber Players in Louisville, KY.
Evan is available to teach both violin, and viola. He also is a recording/mixing engineer and producer. See Vicic Audio & Media.
Originally hailing from Minnesota, Evan grew up studying the violin. He switched to viola prior to attending Northwestern University to study with Dr. Roland Vamos. After attaining his Bachelor’s in Music, he continued studies at Indiana University with Stephen Wyrczynski.
Evan is interested in many different genres of music and performed on the NPR nationally broadcast radio show "Live From Here" with Bruce Hornsby and Chris Thile. Evan is a proud member of the NouLou Chamber Players in Louisville, KY.
Evan is available to teach both violin, and viola. He also is a recording/mixing engineer and producer. See Vicic Audio & Media.
Selected Recordings on which Evan performed:
• The American Project - Yuja Wang, piano | The Louisville Orchestra | Teddy Abrams, conductor (GRAMMY WINNER - 2024)
• The Order Of Nature - Jim James, vocals | The Louisville Orchestra | Teddy Abrams, conductor
• All In - The Louisville Orchestra | Teddy Abrams, conductor
• Mahler Symphony No. 6 - The Minnesota Orchestra | Osmo Vänskä, conductor
• Mahler Symphony No. 7 - The Minnesota Orchestra | Osmo Vänskä, conductor
• Mahler Symphony No. 8 - The Minnesota Orchestra | Osmo Vänskä, conductor (To Be Released)
• Mahler Symphony No. 9 - The Minnesota Orchestra | Osmo Vänskä, conductor
• Jake Shears (self-titled album), Jake Shears
• The Holy Fire, Wax Fang
• The Way Forth, Rachel Grimes
• Steeples Part One | Steeples Part Two, Ben Sollee
