Sphinx Virtuosi
Sterling Elliott, cello

Thursday, October 16, 2025 - 7:30 pm
Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center

Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center

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About This Performance

The Ann Hobson Pilot Fund Concert, endowed by Vivian and Mark Greenberg, is part of the Brodsky and Wagman Century Series.

Opening night belongs to the renowned Sphinx Virtuosi, which returns to PCMS for a fifth consecutive season, this time with the gifted young cellist Sterling Elliott as the featured soloist. Comprising 18 of the nation’s top Black and Latinx classical soloists, the “vibrant” and “rhapsodic” Virtuosi (New York Times) bring to PCMS a program titled Visions of Peace which offers a unique convergence of musical voices that usher us into a realm where music becomes an emissary of peace and unity. Sphinx writes: “We hope to lift every voice and remember our complex history while looking toward our shared journey as we face a brighter tomorrow. We explore peace while remembering the conflict of past and present and recognizing the repeated history and the resilience of the human spirit.”

Visions of Peace 

J. White: La Bella Cubana
C. Assad: Perpetual Motion and Danca Brasileira
J. Montgomery: New Commission (NWS/Carnegie Co-Commission)
Still: Suite for Cello
Q. Blache: A Vision for Peace (NWS/Carnegie Co-Commission)
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7, Stalingrad (arr. Rubén Rengel)
Ginastera: Concerto For Strings, Op. 33 IV. Finale
Ponce: Estrellita

Running time: 2 hours (including intermission)