Violinist

Pulitzer Prize Winner And Former Poet Laureate Of The United States, Rita Dove Reads From Her Award-winning True Tale Of The Volatile And Dramatic Relationship Between The Black Violinist George Bridgetower And Beethoven Which Resulted In The Composer’s Iconic “kreutzer” Sonata. Violinist Njioma Grevious, Recent Winner Of Both The Concert Artists Guild And Sphinx Competitions, Performs The Beethoven With Pianist William Ransom.

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“Sonata Mulattica” – Kreutzer Sonata

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church

The Sphinx Virtuosi—the flagship ensemble of the Sphinx Organization, dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts—shares the stage with the Minnesota Orchestra in a program featuring Carlos Simon’s meditative Breathe and Angélica Negrón’s immersive Marejada.

The Sphinx Virtuosi

Orchestra Hall

In a FREE concert at Millennium Park, experience an exclusive sneak peek of Chicago Philharmonic’s highly anticipated 2024–2025 Season and 35th anniversary year with performances featuring dazzling guest artists. Inaugural Artist in Residence and 2023 Sphinx Competition winner Njioma Grevious performs the first movement of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “irresistibly tuneful and big-hearted” (Gramophone) Violin Concerto in G Minor. Chicago Philharmonic then collaborates with local, established singer, songwriter, and producer Ryan O’Neal (stage name: Sleeping at Last) for exciting new orchestral arrangements of the star’s heartfelt hit singles, including Saturn, Sun, and Turning Page.

Harris Fest: Music + Dance In The Park

Jay Pritzker Pavilion

The Sphinx Organization’s “flagship performing entity” presents a varied and vibrant program of string music in this acclaimed annual event. Hear several works by Joplin, including two ragtime essentials and a newly arranged overture from Treemonisha. Additional concepts of American music are explored in Derrick Skye’s multifaceted and optimistic American Mirror, Part One, and in a New York premiere by renowned violinist-composer Curtis Stewart, who “translates stories of American self-determination to the concert stage.” Soloist Njioma Chinyere Grevious—winner of the Robert F. Smith First Prize and Audience Choice at the 2023 Sphinx Competition—performs Perkinson’s quintessentially American solo composition, Blue/s Forms. Selections by Coleridge-Taylor and Carreño also feature in this one-of-a-kind performance.

Njioma Chinyere Grevious

Violinist

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 16, 2024

Sphinx Virtuosi · Carnegie Hall

Past events

Apr 6, 2024

“Sonata Mulattica” – Kreutzer Sonata · Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival

1 - 3 Feb, 2024

The Sphinx Virtuosi · Minnesota Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Violin in Violin Concerto in G Minor by Coleridge-Taylor

Chicago Philharmonic

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