Stephen Rose Violin
Present
SCMS Debut: 2002 Summer Festival
Stephen Rose is Principal Second Violin of The Cleveland Orchestra, a position he has held since 2001. He joined the Orchestra in 1997 as a member of the first violin section and made his solo debut with the Orchestra in 2011. He again appeared as a soloist with the Orchestra in 2013 and 2018. He is regularly heard in solo appearances and chamber music concerts throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. From 1992-96, Rose was the first violinist of the Everest Quartet, top prizewinners at the 1995 Banff International String Quartet Competition.
Rose is Adjunct Professor of Music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He was a member of the faulty of the Cleveland Institute of Music for 25 years, where he maintained a studio and directed the orchestral violin repertoire classes. He also serves on the faculty of Kent Blossom Music Festival, National Orchestral Institute and New World Symphony, and frequently presents master classes throughout the US, Asia and Australia. A participant at many summer music festivals, Rose annually appears at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Mimir Chamber Music Festival, Colorado College Music Festival and Pacific Music Festival in Japan.
In 1994, Rose received a Master of Music degree and Performers’ Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, preceded by a Bachelor of Music degree in 1992 from the Cleveland Institute of Music. He was honored with the Alumni Achievement Award from CIM in 2005.