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Dillon Scott

Dillon Scott has been celebrated by the New York Times for possessing a mind that is “a fire hose of ambition and enterprising passion”. As an artist in the 21st Century, he is deeply committed to his role in promoting positive change and inspiring others.

As a supporter of contemporary and underrepresented voices, he has championed the Viola Concerto by Roberto Sierra as well as the Viola Sonata and String Quartet No.1 by George Walker by helping to create some of the first full digital performances of each work. In 2026, he directed a chamber program at the Manchester Music Festival honoring the memory and music of Walker. In 2023, Dillon directed a schoolwide project at the Curtis Institute of Music that highlighted the chamber music of black composers, which resulted in much publicity from organizations such as the Violin Channel and Project 440.

Dillon was a finalist in both the junior and senior divisions of the Sphinx Competition and was awarded first place at the Nelly Berman Young Classical Virtuosos of Tomorrow. Dillon was also featured on NPR’s From the Top. He has performed as a soloist with the Sphinx and the Indianapolis Symphony orchestras. He has also performed as a soloist at the Kimmel Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Academy of Music in Philadelphia.

Dillon is also a dedicated composer and has written dozens of works for viola and various chamber ensemble formations.

He is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Music degree at the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studies with Edward Gazouleas and Roberto Diaz. There, he also holds the Mark. E. Rubenstein Fellowship. During his earlier years, Dillon served as principal violist of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, where he received the prestigious Helen T. Carp Distinguished Service Award and was a proud member of the PMAY Arts Initiative. In past summers, Dillon has attended the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival as a Solo Apprentice as well as the Verbier Soloist Academy, where he received the “Spirit of Verbier” Award. He was also a faculty member at the Sphinx Performance Academy. He has also attended the Perlman Music Program, Kneisel Hall, the Sphinx Performance Academy, and the Dali Quartet International Festival.