Curtis Stewart
Discography - 24 American Caprices [COMING SOON] - Seasons of Change - Samuel Coleridge Taylor Recording - American Counterpoints: Premier recordings of Perry + Perkinson - of Love - Of Power - Of Color(s) Residencies / Education / Engagement - The Juilliard School - Perlman Music Program American Composers Orchestra PUBLIQuartet The Mighty Third Rail
Curtis Stewart
violinist / composer


“Combining omnivory and brilliance. He is a giant…”

-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

Six-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 is in constant pursuit of his musical authenticity, treating art as a battery 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 and The Mighty Third Rail, he realizes a vision to find personal and powerful connections between styles, cultures, and musics.


Season Highlights

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Season Highlights -


September 2025: World Premiere Performances of Coleridge-Taylor's Newly Rediscovered Ballade with the National Philharmonic Orchestra and Conductor Michael Repper

October 2025: Recording of Bass Concertante at Juilliard for American Composers Orchestra’s (Re)Loading the Canon

October 2025: Keynote Speaker at 2025 a2ru National Conference at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

November 2025: Seasons of Change with Sybarite5 at Music Mondays in NYC

November 2025: Seattle Symphony’s Octave 9 Series Presents GRAMMY®-Nominated Of Love. and Selections from 24 American Caprices

April 2026: Ten Violin Duo Versions of Stewart’s 24 American Caprices Commissioned by The Kayden Music Commissioning Program at Juilliard Pre-College

March 2026: Recital and Masterclass at Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Artistry in Action Series

Joyce C. Willis Artist in Residence at the
Hartford Symphony Orchestra

Composer-in-Residence at URI Guitar Festival

American Public Media Commissions Four of Stewart’s 24 American Caprices to Celebrate America's 250th Birthday 

 


“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