Stephen Waarts

Stephen Waarts (born July 15, 1996) is a Dutch American violinist. He was the first prize winner in the senior division of the 2014 Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists in Austin, Texas. He was also the fifth prize winner of the 2015 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Belgium. At 14, Waarts simultaneously graduated high school and the San Francisco Conservatory Preparatory Division studying with Li Lin and was accepted at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was a student under Aarond Rosand since 2010. Waarts was also a student of Itzhak Perlman at the Perlman Music Program and currently studies at Kronberg Academy as a student of Mihaela Martin. He also released an album in 2018 with pianist Gabriele Carcano featuring works by Schumann and Bartók and released another one in 2020 called Hindemith Kammermusik nr. 4, after Kammermusik No. 4.

2015: Fifth prize, Queen Elisabeth Competition