Steve Chiu
| Teaching Artist
Steve Chiu is a Taiwanese professional composer, violinist, and Erhu player in Los Angeles. Chiu utilized his 32 years of classical music training to effectively cross into other contemporary music forms, being able to analyze and enjoy them on a structural and theoretical level.
Chiu received a bachelor’s degree in Film Scoring led by the chair George S. Clinton from Berklee College of Music. He’s gone on to perform with the Sonic Open Orchestra, Dream Orchestra, Ron Carter, Jorge Drexler, Ivan Lins, Nobuo Uematsu, Dream Theater, Eugene Friesen, Donna McElroy, Luis Enrique, Angel Blue, and more.
Chiu has been played at many scoring stages and studios around Los Angeles, including: Warner Brothers, Sony, and Fox. Chiu has also done recording sessions for feature film composers such as Heitor Pereira, Nathan Wang, Bear McCreary, Jeff Russo, Inon Zur, and more.