Sphinx Competition Laureate Ana Isabella España performs at Lincoln Center’s NEXT250: Young Artists Showcase 🎻 📍 June 27 🕑 2 PM 💬 Comment ANA for details! #SphinxCompetition #LincolnCenter

The audience felt it ✨ Taylor Abbitt Third Place Audience Choice Senior Division 29th Annual Sphinx Competition 🎥 Watch the full Finals Concert 💬 Comment TAYLOR for the link! #SphinxCompetition #DoubleBass #ClassicalMusic

It started here ✨ First Sphinx Competition February 7, 1998 As we approach 30 years of Sphinx, we’re building what comes next. 💬 Comment LEGACY to learn how to support. #SphinxCompetition #Sphinx30

Senior Division Laureates 📣 29th Annual Sphinx Competition 🥇 1st Place | Andres Sanchez, cello | Prize: $50,000 Robert Frederick Smith Prize 🥈 2nd Place | Sophie Ayer, violin | Prize: $20,000 🥉 3rd Place | Taylor Abbitt, bass | Prize: $10,000 🏅 Audience Choice | Taylor Abbitt, bass | Prize: $5,000 💬 Comment SPHINX to watch or rewatch the Finals Concert! #SphinxCompetition #SeniorDivision #ClassicalMusic

Moments after the performance ✨ Cellist Miles Goosby, 25, from Memphis, TN reflects following his Senior Division Semi-Final at the 29th Annual Sphinx Competition. 🎥 Watch via livestream 💬 Comment SPHINX for the link! #SphinxCompetition #SeniorDivision #Cello

Meet Senior Division Semi Finalist Dora Oliva Devoghel, violin 🎻 From Bruges, Belgium 🗣️ “Having the ability to represent two cultures is really exciting.” 💬 Comment DORA for her interview Semi Final livestream info! #SphinxCompetition #EmergingArtists

Meet Junior Division Semi Finalist Alette Williams, violin 🎻 16 years old, Keller TX “I’ve stopped worrying about what others think and started focusing on what I want to communicate through the music.” 💬 Comment ALETTE for her interview Semi Final livestream info. #SphinxCompetition #ArtsEducation #EmergingArtists

The 29th Annual Sphinx Competition Finals Concert Jan 24, 2026 | Orchestra Hall Detroit Pay what you can tickets from $0 to $20 💬 Comment FINALS for the ticket link! #SphinxCompetition #DetroitArts #ClassicalMusic #SphinxProud

🗣️ “The bass provided a sense of completion.” Meet Gavin Hardy, 19, from Winston-Salem, NC. Senior Division Semi-Finalist in the 29th Annual Sphinx Competition. 🎶 Full Semi-Final Round livestreamed from Detroit. 💬 Comment GAVIN for the interview and livestream link. #SphinxCompetition #SeniorDivision #DoubleBass #SphinxProud #ClassicalMusic

Meet Noah Carr 🎻 Senior Division semifinalist in the 29th Annual Sphinx Competition. 19-year-old violinist from Portland, OR Studying with Danielle Belen at the University of Michigan 🗣️ “Teaching feels like the highest purpose of this work.” 💬 Comment NOAH to watch his interview and sign up for the livestream. #SphinxCompetition #SeniorDivision #Violin #ClassicalMusic #SphinxProud

Junior Division Semifinalist Ayra Karlin 🎻 17 years old from Miami, Florida 29th Annual Sphinx Competition 📽️ Semifinals will be livestreamed. 💬 Comment AYRA to watch her interview and get the livestream link! #SphinxCompetition #JuniorDivision #Violin #SphinxProud

Junior semifinalist spotlight ✨ Meet 17 year old cellist Ana Chirinos from Columbus GA. First Place Atlanta Music Club Scholarship Competition. Multiple concerto competition finalist. Full scholarship awardee, International Cello Institute. Comment ANA to watch her interview. #SphinxCompetition #SphinxProud

Meet Junior Division semifinalist Kai Isoke Ali-Landing 🎻 First place at DePaul Concerto Competition Third place at the Sphinx Competition Studying with Almita Vamos and Lucinda Ali-Landing Comment KAI for her full interview! #SphinxCompetition #SphinxProud

Junior Semi-Finalist Spotlight ✨ Ethan Abrahams Nhliziyo, 16, from Houston. “My goal is to always make sure my message reaches the audience… I hope they feel something.” Ranked number 1 HS bassist in Texas Principal Bass, NSO Summer Institute Second Prize, OPUS State Comment ETHAN for the full interview! #SphinxCompetition #SphinxProud

The 2026 Sphinx Competition Semi-Finalists are here 🎉 These incredible young musicians will compete in Detroit for a chance to advance to the Honors and Finals Concerts. Semi-Finals will be livestreamed. Sign up for our newsletter for the link. Honors Concert Jan 23 at 12 PM Finals Concert Jan 24 at 7:30 PM Fisher Music Center Junior Semi-Finalists: Ethan Abrahams-Nhliziyo, Bass Kai Isoke Ali-Landing, Violin Ana Chirinos, Cello Sofia Hernandez-Williams, Cello Ayra Karlin, Violin Sonya Moomaw, Cello Liam Thomas, Violin Beatrice Valenzuela, Violin Alette Williams, Violin Senior Semi-Finalists: Taylor Abbitt, Bass Paul Aguilar, Viola Sophie Ayer, Violin Noah Carr, Violin Maxwell Fairman, Violin Miles Goosby, Cello Gavin Hardy, Bass Edward Luengo, Cello Thierry de Lucas Neves, Violin Dora Oliva Devoghel, Violin Andres Sanchez, Cello #SphinxCompetition #SphinxProud

🎻 The Sphinx Competition Finals Concert 📅 Sat, Jan 24 | 7:30 PM 📍 Orchestra Hall, Detroit 🎟️ Pay-what-you-can: $0–$20 Experience extraordinary talent the power of community. Comment FINALS for the ticket link! #SphinxCompetition #SphinxProud #DetroitArts #ClassicalMusic

The 29th Annual #SphinxCompetition returns to Detroit! 🗓️ Jan 21–24, 2026 | Fisher Music Center 🎶 Honors Concert Jan 23, 12PM 🎻 Finals Concert Jan 24, 7:30PM 🎟️ Pay-what-you-can: $0–$20 💬 Comment FINALS for the ticket link! #SphinxOrganization #RepresentationInMusic #DetroitArts #ClassicalMusic

Announcing the 2026 Sphinx Competition Jury 🎻 Sterling Elliott Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt Martin Sher Leon Bosch Philippe Quint These remarkable artists will join us in Detroit this January! 👀 Semifinalists announced November 11! #SphinxCompetition #SphinxProud #RepresentationInMusic

The spotlight is waiting 🎻 Finalists of the 2026 Sphinx Competition perform with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra and compete for $100K in prizes. Deadline to apply: Oct 20, 2025. Comment COMPETE for the link. 🎥 Nathan Amaral performing Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Concerto for Violin in G Minor, op. 80, Movement I: Allegro Maestoso #SphinxCompetition #RepresentationMatters

🎉 Big congrats to Samuel Vargas, 2021 Sphinx Competition First Prize Winner, on being appointed Concertmaster of LaGrange Symphony Orchestra! We’re so proud to see our alum leading the way 🎻 🔗 lagrangesymphony.org/new-con… #SphinxAlum #Concertmaster #SphinxCompetition