Sterling Elliott is a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient and the winner of the senior division of the 2019 National Sphinx Competition. He has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, and Dallas Symphony. Last summer he made his Aspen Festival debut, performing the Brahms Double Concerto with Gil Shaham, and he made his German debut in Munich in May 2022, performing chamber music with Daniel Hope.

In the 2022–23 season Mr. Elliott debuts with the Colorado Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, and Fort Worth Symphony, among others. Recital appearances include the New York Philharmonic, Shriver Hall in Baltimore, and Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana. In October he participates in the Caramoor Music Festival’s Evnin Rising Stars series. He makes his San Francisco Symphony debut with this Shenson Spotlight Series recital.

The youngest of three siblings, Mr. Elliott learned to play the cello at age three, completing the family string quartet, and made his concerto debut at seven. He has a long history with the Sphinx Organization, receiving second place in the 2013 National Sphinx Competition junior division before winning in 2014. In 2016 he received the Isaac Stern Award and toured with the Sphinx Virtuosi in 2018, then won the competition in 2019. Currently a Kovner Fellow at the Juilliard School, he is pursuing a master of music degree. He performs on a 1741 Gennaro Gagliano cello on loan through the Robert F. Smith Fine String Patron Program, in partnership with the Sphinx Organization.

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Elliot Wuu, a Young Steinway Artist, was named a 2018 Gilmore Young Artist and a 2016–21 MTAC Young Artist Guild member. The beneficiary of a Salon de Virtuosi 2021 career grant, he has won numerous state, national, and international competitions. He has performed in major venues in the US, France, Italy, Germany, UK, Poland, Romania, and China. In New York City he performed at the UN Headquarters, the WQXR Greene Space, and Carnegie Hall. Other concert highlights include the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Aspen Festival, Ravinia Festival, Hilton Head Bravo Piano Festival, and Chopin Foundation of the United States. In 2013 he was selected as one of 12 young pianists to participate in the inaugural Lang Lang Junior Music Camp in Munich. He was also featured on WQXR’s Young Artists Showcase and NPR’s From the Top radio programs.

After making his debut at age 16 with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra playing Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Mr. Wuu has performed with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, and many others. Born in 1999 in Fremont, California, he began piano at age six. He studied with Yoshikazu Nagai, at the San Francisco Conservatory Pre-College, as well as at the Valley Christian High School Conservatory of the Arts. The recipient of a Kovner Fellowship at the Juilliard School, he received a bachelor’s of music degree and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in music.

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