“Curtis is gregarious and charismatic, with an easygoing charm you rarely encounter in the intense, inward-facing world of classical music.”

– The New York Times

“A gem of string player, among the excellent musicians whose impressive work contributed to many of the night's high points.”

-Strad Magazine

“[Stewart’s] über passionate and virtuosic outpourings … grapple with reconciling the classical and jazz camps… it was abundantly clear that Stewart is capable of practically anything on his instrument. He throws his whole body and soul into a performance.”

-Downbeat Magazine

Credit: Titilayo Ayangade

Seven-time
GRAMMY-nominated violinist & composer
Curtis Stewart translates stories
of American self determination to the
concert stage.

Tearing down the facade of “classical violinist,” Stewart treats his art as a catalyst for realizing citizenship.

As a solo violinist, composer, Artistic Director of the American Composers Orchestra, professor at The Juilliard School, and member of award-winning ensembles PUBLIQuartet, he realizes a vision to find personal and powerful connections between styles, cultures, and musics.

Season Highlights

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Season Highlights -

92Y presents “American Caprices”

World premiere of a Bartók recomposition with the Northwest Sinfonietta led by Jeff Meyer

Solo cello work premiered by Amy Barston at The Juilliard School

Performance of Barber's Violin Concerto with the Anchorage Symphony.

Artist-in-Residence with the Wyoming Symphony

“Stewart pans for solid gold, thus revealing impulses trapped inside millennia of sediment.
This blazing violinist has made an indelible mark, shaking the cotton from its prison with gusts of innovation”
– All About Jazz

“he shows his audience the colors inside of himself—color(s) not yet invented.
Far from self-indulgent, it is self-revelatory. It is vulnerable. It is creation.”
– JazzTimes

“Holds his audiences “spellbound” with a “warm, clear sound, sparkling rhythmic energy, soulful
improvisation, and prodigious technique.”
– New Amsterdam Times