The Sphinx Virtuosi is one of the nation’s most dynamic professional chamber orchestras, comprised of 18 top Black and Latinx classical soloists.  This touring season’s program will feature Tommy Mesa playing Jessie Montgomery’s new cello concerto and the music of Valerie Coleman, Florence Price, Xavier Foley, Samuel Coleridge Taylor, and Ginastera.

Dvořák‘s Cello Concerto in B minor

In the richly historic Benjamin Franklin Hall, a program with newly commissioned solo cello works by Andrea Casarrubios, Stephanie Ann Boyd, and Carlos Simon.  In addition, Tommy Mesa and Michelle Cann will perform works by Black and Latinx composers.  They will have recorded an album the previous week for PARMA Recordings which is fully funded […]

Olga Kern, piano Tommy Mesa, cello Alexandre Da Costa, violin

Works by Andrea Casarrubios, Claude Debussy, Carlos Carrillo, Sebastian Quesada, Mario Oyanadel, and Kevin Day.

Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo Theme

Chamber music by Florence Price with Elena Urioste, Tom Poster, Paul Neubauer

Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33

This concert will features works by JP Jofre for cello and bandoneon that will be recorded and released on all streaming platforms next year.  Returning to Artpark after a moving and stunning performance last summer, the New York City-based JP Jofre Hard Tango Chamber Band, was started in 2008 by bandoneonist and composer Juan Pablo […]