World’s Strongest Violinist Evan Pittman today joined volunteer musicians from the Phoenix area at Central Phoenix restaurant Postino’s to plan an effort to benefit the national nonprofit Musicians on Call (MOC). The musicians, who all perform for patients at the Phoenix Children’s Hospital and the Arizona State Veterans Home as part of the MOC program, plan to record a benefit […]
World’s Strongest Violinist Evan Pittman officially kicked off his holiday violin tour today by playing for Sunday morning church services at Saint Nicholas Anglican Church in Scottsdale, Arizona. Invited to play by diving coach Barbara Nejman, Evan performed multiple holiday numbers for Saint Nicholas parishioners. Evan has multiple musical performances scheduled during the holiday season. […]
After making history as the youngest powerlifter ever to break more than 100 lifetime world records, World’s Strongest Violinist Evan Pittman commemorated his feat by conducting multiple media interviews during Thanksgiving week and grinding out more hours in the gym. In the state of Arizona, the weekly Paradise Valley Independent and monthly North Central News both carried articles […]
(Bordentown, NJ) On November 12, Phoenix high school senior Evan Pittman guaranteed himself a place in the sports record books, becoming the youngest powerlifter in history, and the only high school student, to break more than 100 lifetime world powerlifting records. In doing so, Pittman also raised $3500 for combat-injured veterans through the national non-profit […]
World’s Strongest Violinist Evan Pittman placed third at the Arizona Division III high school state diving championships on Friday. Coached by 1976 Olympian Barb Nejman, Evan improved from his 2015 state finish – rising from sixth to third place in the state of Arizona. The Arizona high school senior will now concentrate on peaking for […]
World’s Strongest Violinist Evan Pittman played the Star Spangled banner and joined members of the Governor’s Youth Commission in the Pledge of Allegiance at a November 3rd ceremony at Arizona Public Service. The annual ceremony, which honors Phoenix Veterans Day Parade Grand Marshals and serves as an initial event of the parade, also features high […]
World’s Strongest Violinist Evan Pittman, of Phoenix, and ten-year-old Internet sensation and AAU Strength Sports star Damiyah Smith, of Commerce, Oklahoma, have been selected as 2016 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Strength Sports National Athletes of the Year. For Evan, it is his second time receiving Athlete of the Year honors. “The competition for Athlete of the […]
As other high school students bid farewell to the summer of 2016 and prepare to return to classes, Evan Pittman celebrated his last day of summer with a concert for 15 residents at Morningstar Assisted Living and Memory Care in Phoenix. Evan has played for the residents of Morningstar on many occasions, and this was […]
World’s Strongest Violinist Evan Pittman has been appointed to Governor Ducey’s Youth Commission (GYC) for 2016-2017. The GYC, comprised of more than 50 high school students representing all 15 counties in Arizona, has been serving the Grand Canyon State since 1989. The group focuses on helping to solve the greatest issues facing teens in Arizona, and the five issues that […]
World’s Strongest Violinist Evan Pittman became the youngest AAU Junior Olympic Games powerlifting judge ever on July 28th at the 50th Anniversary JO Games. Recent AAU Powerlifting rule changes have allowed for state judges as young as 16, based on personal competency, and national judges as young as 18. Pittman qualified as a state judge […]