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Double bassist wins $50,000 Sphinx prize

2014-02-26T00:00:00Z

Xavier Foley is the first bassist ever to win the Detroit competition for Black and Latino musicians

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Sphinx Organisation string competition winners to benefit from $4m gift

2014-01-10T00:00:00Z

The Competition is open to Black and Latino string players residing in the US

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Detroit's Sphinx Organisation engages Yo-Yo Ma as artistic adviser

2013-07-17T00:00:00Z

The Detroit-based Sphinx Organisation, which promotes diversity in the arts and supports young black and Latino classical musicians, has recruited Yo-Yo Ma (pictured) as a special artistic adviser. In his new role, the cellist will mentor Sphinx's leading young artists and will also advise on the organisation's programming ...

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Royal Philharmonic Society honours Buskaid and Sphinx founders

2013-04-23T00:00:00Z

The UK's Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) has awarded honorary memberships to Buskaid founder Rosemary Nalden and Aaron Dworkin, the founder of the Sphinx Organisation. British violist Nalden (pictured) founded Buskaid in 1992 to raise money for a string project in South Africa. Since 1999 she has ...

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Cellists Christine Lamprea and Lev Mamuya win 2013 Sphinx Competition

2013-02-19T00:00:00Z

Cellist Christine Lamprea, 22, has won first prize in the senior division of the Sphinx Competition in Detroit for young Black and Latino string players. Lamprea, who studies with Natasha Brofsky at the New England Conservatory in Boston, received $10,000. Second prize went to violist Dana Kelley, also 22. Double ...

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Violist Paul Laraia wins Sphinx Competition

2011-02-07T00:00:00Z

Violist Paul Laraia has won first prize in the senior division at the Sphinx Competition for Black and Latino string players. The 21-year-old, who studies with Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory in Boston, received $10,000, a series of concert engagements and a CD recording opportunity with Naxos. ...