Dutch organist Steven Knieriem, born in 2001, is one of the youngest upcoming organists from the Netherlands. At the age of 9 he started with organ and piano lessons at a regional music school in his hometown. In 2020 he started to study at the Rotterdam Conservatory with Ben van Oosten. Currently, he is studying organ with Christian Schmitt and Zuzana Ferjenčíková.
A prize winner of several competitions, he was rewarded with the second prize at the first Ambitus Organ Competition in the St. Bavokerk in Haarlem in 2017, the second prize at the 2018 international organ competition 'Orgues à Douai' in the Collégiale Saint Pierre de Douai (France) and the second prize at the 2019 Ambitus Organ Competition in the Laurenskerk in Rotterdam.
He followed masterclasses with Michel Bouvard, Olivier Latry and Reitze Smits.
Steven is regularly invited to give solo recitals and concerts in collaboration with others, both at home and abroad.
His organ repertoire includes all style periods.