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About Steve Hackman
Composer, arranger, producer, songwriter, conductor, and pianist Steve Hackman is the musical polymath at the center of the most exciting productions in the orchestral space. Whether writing for the concert stage or screen, collaborating with today’s most compelling artists, or contributing to the Oscars and Emmys, Steve is becoming the first-call original voice shaping today’s most important musical events, scores, and concerts.
Steve has collaborated with Jon Batiste, Charlie Puth, Lizzo, RZA, Wyclef Jean, Steve Lacy, Doja Cat, Moses Sumney, Kanye West (on the opera Mary), and, most recently, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo on the TV special for Wicked on NBC.
Steve’s sixteen barrier-shattering orchestral fusions, which synthesize the great works of classical music with towering figures from contemporary popular music, have led to performances around the world of titles such as Brahms X Radiohead, Beethoven X Beyoncé, and Tchaikovsky X Drake with orchestras in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Boston, and more than 50 other cities. Expansion into Europe and the Middle East is planned.
2026 will see an ambitious music release schedule from Steve that will showcase the many sides of his artistry: music spanning from ballet scores that fuse electronics with orchestra, to his concept-art piece THE BRINK, solo piano pieces, and reimaginings of some of the great music of today, including Frank Ocean, Jacob Collier, and Kendrick Lamar. Steve’s first movie soundtrack was released in November for Netflix’s holiday caper Jingle Bell Heist.
Trained classically at the Curtis Institute of Music in conducting, composition, and counterpoint, Steve’s musical curiosity from the youngest age also led him to be immersed in alternative, rap/hip-hop, electronic, and art music — which you can hear in every original note he writes today.
Steve is managed by Ty Stiklorious and Graham Parker.
Follow Steve at @stevehackmanmusic