ÉGO

Eganam "ÉGO" Segbefia is a New York City–based trumpeter who began busking at Grand Central in 2015 with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's "Music Under New York" program and has since performed at Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, and more. He won the New York Knicks' inaugural "That's NY Talent" halftime competition. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, to Ghanaian parents, ÉGO immigrated to the U.S. at age 10 and grew up in the Bronx, where music became his voice. He earned a master's degree in classical trumpet from the Manhattan School of Music and won the Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition. Now a member of the United Nations Orchestra, he performs and mentors young musicians, guided by his motto: "Inspiration Without Perspiration is Hallucination."