• Sphinx Virtuosi’s Debut Album Out Digitally on Deutsche Grammophon

    This debut album represents the rich history of the Sphinx Organization and the vibrant future of classical music by centering the artistry of extraordinary composers and artistic visionaries of color.

  • Transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts.

Congratulations to the Winners of the
27th Annual Sphinx Competition

2024 Senior Division Laureates

2024 Junior Division Laureates

 

Sphinx Organization is a social justice organization dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts. Our four program areas – Education & Access, Artist Development, Performing Artists, and Arts Leadership – form a pipeline that develops and supports diversity and inclusion in classical music at every level: creative youth development, artist empowerment, and career advancement, administrative leadership, as well as service to the field.

 

Sphinx In the News

The Strad

Sphinx Organization: Change for Good

PBS News Hour

Sphinx Organization diversifying classical music nationwide and changing lives

The New York Times

They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music

NBC News

Inside a Detroit couple's effort to foster classical musicians of color

Meet Sphinx LEAD Cohort 6

Meet the 2024 Sphinx Medals of
Excellence Honorees

  • Kalena Bovell

    Kalena Bovell

    Conductor

  • Sterling Elliott

    Sterling Elliott

    Cello

  • David Portillo

    David Portillo

    Tenor

The Sphinx Medal of Excellence is the highest honor bestowed by the Sphinx Organization, the social justice organization dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts, and comes with a $50,000 career grant. The medal recognizes extraordinary Black and Latinx classical musicians. Recipients are artists who early in their career demonstrate artistic excellence, outstanding work ethic, a spirit of determination, and an ongoing commitment to leadership and their communities.

 

“The Sphinx Organization has given to me something that each and every artist of color needs as much as air: encouragement.”

— Davóne Tines, bass-baritone
Sphinx Medal of Excellence recipient

 
 
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