Winners Announced for Sphinx Competition Junior and Senior Divisions
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Feb 1, 2021
The Sphinx Organization has announced the winners of its annual Sphinx Competition in both its Junior and Senior Divisions. Violinist Samuel Abraham Vargas Teixeira, the First Place Senior Division Laureate, received the $50,000 Robert Frederick Smith Prize, and will additionally make forthcoming solo appearances with major orchestras.
Sphinx Organization Digitally Presents Two of Its Flagship Programs
by Sarah Jae Leiber
- Dec 15, 2020
The Sphinx Organization, dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts, is presenting its fifth annual and first ever digital SphinxConnect convening, SphinxConnect 2021: UNITY!, from January 28 to 30, 2021.
Robert F. Smith Elected Chairman of Carnegie Hall's Board of Trustees
by Tyler Peterson
- Jun 2, 2016
Carnegie Hall today announced that Robert F. Smith has been elected as Chairman of Carnegie Hall's Board of Trustees. Mr. Smith-a trustee since 2013-succeeds Carnegie Hall's Acting Chairman Mercedes T. Bass. A longtime trustee, Mrs. Bass will continue to serve in a leadership role, resuming her position as a Vice Chair. Both Mr. Smith and Mrs. Bass will assume these posts effective immediately. Mr. Smith was elected today at a meeting of the Hall's trustees.
