Sterling Elliott
Acclaimed for his stellar stage presence and joyous musicianship, cellist Sterling Elliott is a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient and the winner of the Senior Division of the 2019 National Sphinx Competition. Sterling joined YCAT in 2023 as the YCAT–Music Masters Robey Artist and in 2024 he was announced as BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist 24-26.
In April 2023, Sterling was selected by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for its Bowers Program, a three-year residency. In 2024 he was announced as BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist 24-26, and has numerous upcoming studio recordings and performances both solo and with BBC orchestras.
In the 25/26 season, Sterling makes his debut at the BBC Proms with Edwin Outwater, and continues his term as a BBC New Generation Artist with a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Schumann’s Cello Concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He will perform Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Swan, and will also make his debut at the Frankfurt Alte Oper in March.
He has appeared with major US orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Detroit Symphony and Dallas Symphony Orchestras. Sterling was honoured to receive a Sphinx Medal of Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by the Sphinx Organization, with whom he has a long established relationship.
Sterling performs on a 1741 Gennaro Gagliano cello on loan through the Robert F. Smith Fine String Patron Program, in partnership with the Sphinx Organization.
