Biography

Praised for her expressive tones, elegant playing, and a “dazzling performance” with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, DC, violinist Njioma Chinyere Grevious is a passionate and versatile solo, chamber, and orchestral musician. A winner of the prestigious 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant, she has been described as “superb” by the Chicago Classical Review. In 2023, she won both the Robert F. Smith First Prize and the Audience Choice Award in the Senior Division of the Sphinx Competition as well as the Grand Prize of the Concert Artist Guild (CAG) and the Young Classical Artist Trust (YCAT) Elmaleh Competition. A graduate of the Juilliard School in 2021, Njioma was awarded the John Erskine Prize for scholastic and artistic achievement. She has been named a Classic FM Rising Star.

As a soloist, Njioma has debuted at the world-renown Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with the Brussels Philharmonic and at Carnegie Hall in New York City with the Sphinx Virtuosi. She also debuted at the iconic Wigmore Hall, undertaking a UK tour as a YCAT artist. Named as the Chicago Philharmonic’s inaugural Artist-in-Residence, Njioma will be a featured soloist over three years in addition to building upon her outreach and mentoring of local children. Njioma has performed with the Boston Pops, Minnesota Orchestra, Chicago Philharmonic, Florence Symphony Orchestra, and Western Michigan Symphony, among others.

Appearances in 2026 include recitals in New York City and San Francisco as well concerto performances with the Springfield and Bucks County Symphony Orchestras, Chicago Philharmonic, Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, Houston Symphony, and the Indianapolis Symphony featuring Sphinx. Njioma will be on tour in June with Chineke! Orchestra in London, Vienna, Lugano, and Amsterdam.

A founding member of the award-winning Abeo Quartet, Njioma is also a member of New York City’s self-conducted, collaborative Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Additionally, she has been invited to perform in numerous series and festivals including the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla SummerFest, Jupiter Chamber Players, Rockport Chamber Music Festival, and the Gateways Music Festival.

Njioma is the recipient of an outstanding violin by Pietro Guarneri of Mantua c. 1679 on generous loan from the Stradivari Society.