My name is Sterling Elliott, I’m a cellist, studying at Juilliard right now, and recently, in February, I just won first place at the Sphinx competition. Nineteen year old Sterling Elliott dropped by ...

Who is the face of classical music? Is it Bach? Or Beethoven? Mozart? Most of us, if asked to identify famous names in this genre, would certainly come up with white composers. The fifth annual Sphinx ...

Want to see the world change right in front of your eyes? Attend this week's 18th annual Sphinx Competition for black and Latino string players, which will find 18 semifinalists from around the ...

Sphinx Organization, the leading non-profit dedicated to transforming lives through the power of the arts, has announced the winners of the 28th Annual Sphinx Competition in Detroit, MI, which took ...

The Sphinx Organization will present the 2026 edition of SPHINXCONNECT: DISCOVER! and the 29th Annual SPHINX COMPETITION from January 21–24, 2026 in Detroit, MI. SPHINXCONNECT will include more than ...

The rapt audience fell silent as 17-year-old Nygel Witherspoon took the stage. As the cello player performed Boccherini's "Cello Concerto in B-flat Major," many people seemed entranced. One older man ...

Violinist and University of Delaware graduate student Njioma Grevious received thunderous applause as she was awarded the first place Robert Frederick Smith Prize of $50,000 at the 25th annual Sphinx ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - The 18th annual Sphinx Competition for young Black and Latino string players begins this week. Young Black and Latino musicians from across the country will once again compete for ...

The Sphinx Competition in Detroit is just one arm of multi-dimensional organization whose goal is to increase black and Latino participation in classical music. From last week's competition, Junior ...

Every year in Detroit, the Sphinx Competition seeks to build more participation in the classical music world by young black and Latino musicians. This year's competition wrapped up last weekend. From ...