2024-2025 Concerto Competition Winner

Neena Agrawal, viola

Congratulations to Neena for her fantastic performance on our February 16, 2025 concert!!!


Neena Agrawal

Neena Agrawal is a scholarship fellow at the Academy of the Music Institute of Chicago, a precollege program for advanced string and piano students. Neena began studying violin at age 4 and added viola at age 12. She is also a fellow of the Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative, a scholarship and mentorship organization for classical musicians from underrepresented backgrounds.

An avid chamber musician, Neena currently plays in the Porphyrion string quartet.
She has also performed in quartets, duos and trios through the Music Institue of Chicago, Center Stage Strings, Ascent Chamber Music Festival, Chicago Chamber Music Festival and Chicago Public Schools.

In her free time, Neena enjoys baking and drawing.