Steven Banks & Friends

Steven Banks is a charismatic ambassador for the classical saxophone. Winner of the prestigious 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant, he captivates audiences with his balance of refined lyricism and virtuosic flair. Traversing classical, contemporary, and popular repertoire, he leads a program that includes Saint-Saëns Sonata for Saxophone and Piano (with Xak Bjerken, piano), and Banks’s own quintet for strings and saxophone, Cries, Sighs, and Dreams.