Steven DeNiro

Violin Faculty

Steven DeNiro is a freelance violinist in the Twin Cities area. A native of Columbus, Ohio, he obtained degrees from the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester (NY), and Carnegie Mellon University. At present, he is finishing his Doctor of Musical Arts in violin and Master of Arts in musicology at the University of Minnesota. His teachers have included Leonid Polonsky, Mikhail Kopelman, Cyrus Forough, and Sally O’Reilly.

Steven is an active chamber and orchestral musician. He has performed in various regional orchestras in Minnesota, Ohio, and Pennsylvania and as a substitute in the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (OH), Rochester Philharmonic (NY), and Minnesota Sinfonia.