Viola
Brief info
Steven Baloue, age 25, is a violist from Chicago, Illinois. He is a newly appointed member of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra.
Steven earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University where he studied with Edward Gazouleas and Atar Arad. He is currently earning a performers diploma from the Jacobs School, studying with Professor Li Kuo Chang.
As a soloist, Steven has won prizes in the Omega Psi Phi Talent Hunt Competition, the Merit School of Music Concerto Competition, and the IU Jacobs Concerto Competition.
As a chamber musician, he has been awarded numerous fellowships, including the 2019 Fresno Summer Orchestra Academy, the 2023 Bowdoin International Music Festival, and multiple engagements with the Heifetz International Music Institute, including two tours, five summers, and a tenure as an artist in residence in the spring of 2022.
As an orchestral musician, Steven has served as principal violist in the Jacobs School’s Symphony, University, and Baroque Orchestras. Steven has participated in masterclasses with Kim Kashkashian, Li-Kuo Chang, Roger Chase, Paul Katz, Matthieu Herzog, and the Calidore Quartet, The Borromeo Quartet, and many others.