Steven Lu is an 18-year-old violinist from Plano, Texas. He began studying violin at the age of five, and has since been devoted to sharing his voice through music. Steven has been the recipient of various prizes; namely, the 2022 first prize and grand prize of the Collin County Young Artists Competition, the 2023 first prize and grand prize of the Juanita Miller Competition, the 2023 grand prize of the Vernell T. Gregg Competition, and the 2022 second prize of the Lynn Harrell Competition. Recently, he was announced as the third prize of the Music Teachers National Association Competition.
Steven has appeared as a soloist with orchestras such as the Lewisville Symphony Orchestra, the Plano Symphony Orchestra, and the Marshall Symphony Orchestra, making appearances performing as a soloist in various concert venues such as the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, the Lila Cockrell Theatre at the Henry B. González Convention Center, and the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts. He was invited to perform at the 2018 Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and in the summer of 2022 and 2023, was invited to study at the Heifetz International Music Institute hosted in Staunton, Virginia. Additionally, he served as the Concertmaster of the 2024 TMEA All-State Symphony Orchestra, ranking 1st across all violinists in the state of Texas.
Steven has also had the opportunity to work alongside esteemed violinists such as Pinchas Zukerman, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Nicholas Kitchen, Andres Cardenes, Ilya Kaler, and Augustin Hadelich. Additionally, Steven has had the opportunity to collaborate with various renowned pianists such as Rohan de Silva, Jessica Xylina Osborne, Benjamin Loeb, Beilin Han, and Hyun Soo Kim. 
Beginning the fall of 2024, Steven will be pursuing his Bachelors in Violin Performance at the Colburn Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Martin Beaver. Currently, Steven studies under internationally acclaimed violinist Gary Levinson. His former teachers include the late Jan Mark Sloman, professor of violin at the Cleveland Institute of Music; renowned violinist Stefan Jackiw; and Charles Krigbaum. In addition to playing the violin, Steven formally studies composition and actively composes and orchestrates original works of classical music. 
In his leisure time, Steven likes to listen to music, go on long walks, and discover new foods to eat. He currently plays on an 1866 J. B. Vuillaume, generously on loan from Jonathan Solars Fine Violins.