AARON P. DWORKIN
Virtuoso Violinist
Founder and President, The Sphinx Organization
A CLASSICAL LIFE OF MUSIC…PERSONIFIED
By: Donald James
Aaron P. Dwokin has been featured in People and Newsweek Magazines, showcased on prominent national news television programs, served on President Obama’s National Arts Policy Committee and National Council on the Arts, and has received a bevy of other honors and awards. Yet, for Dworkin, one of the nation’s premier classical violinists and leading advocates of youth classical music education, he remains humbled and committed to what he loves most: empowering people of color through classical music.
As founder and president of the Sphinx Organization, Dworkin heads the leading national arts organization that focuses on youth development and diversity in classical music. Since its inception in 1996, the Detroit-based organization, under the guidance of Dworkin, has awarded more than $300,000 in prizes and scholarships to young people in the arts. The organization takes great pride in showcasing young classical musicians of color through an all-African-American and Latino Sphinx Symphony. Through its various educational and community programs, the Sphinx Organization impacts the classical music development of more than 35,000 youths annually, across the nation, and many more through various broadcasts.
