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Cellist Sterling Elliott Wins 2019 Sphinx Competition

February 2, 2019, 8:23 PM · Congratulations to cellist Sterling Elliott, who has won First Place in the Senior Division of the 2019 Sphinx Competition!

The Sphinx Competition is open to all junior high, high school, and college-age Black and Latino string players residing in the United States. Jury members for 2019 were Jenny Bilfield, Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Patrice Jackson, Ani Kavafian, Edicson Ruiz, Steven Tenenbom and Jeff Zeigler.

Winners were announced Saturday after the Finals Concert, which took place in Detroit's Orchestra Hall with Senior Division finalists performing with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra. Click here to view the Finals Concert.

Here are the lists of the laureates:

SENIOR DIVISION LAUREATES (Age 18-30):

• First Place ($50,000): Sterling Elliott, 19, cello
  The Juilliard School
  Teacher: Joel Krosnick
• Second Place ($20,000): Ade Williams, 21, violin
  Curtis Institute of Music
  Teacher: Ida Kavafian
• Third Place ($10,000): Caleb Georges, 26, viola
  University of Michigan
  Teacher: Caroline Coade
• Fourth Place ($5,000): Laura Andrade, 24, cello
  Teacher: Natasha Brofsky
• Audience Choice ($5,000): Sterling Elliott, 19, cello
  The Juilliard School
  Teacher: Joel Krosnick

On Friday Junior Division winners were announced, after an Honors Concert given at Orchestra Hall in Detroit. They are:

JUNIOR DIVISION LAUREATES (Age 17 and under):

• First place ($10,000): Nygel Witherspoon, 17, cello
  Minnesota Connections Academy
  Teacher: Tanya Remenikova
• Second place ($5,000): Sophia Ayer, 16, violin
  McCallum High School
  Teacher: Dr. Pasha Sabouri
• Third place ($3,000): Maxwell Remmer, 16, cello
  Teacher: David Geber

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