Eganam “ÉGO” Segbefia
Eganam “ÉGO” Segbefia
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Eganam “ÉGO” Segbefia started busking at the Grand Central Shuttle train station in 2015 as a member of MTA’s Music Under New York program, and since then he has performed at notable venues including The Greene Space, the Cathedral of St. John The Divine, Carnegie Hall and The Connaught in London. Born in Lagos, Nigeria to Ghanaian parents, his family migrated to the United States in 1999. As a teenager in the Bronx, he participated in after-school music programs and the Drum and Bugle Corps. Eganam achieved his Classical Trumpet Master’s Degree from Manhattan School of Music and earned a Bachelor’s Music Education Degree at South Carolina State University. He has won numerous awards and scholarships including recently winning Manhattan School of Music’s prestigious Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition. He is currently a member of the United Nations Orchestra and has used his growing platform to provide clinics and workshops for high school and college students. Eganam emphasizes the value of working unremittingly and with full force towards actualizing his personal dreams.