Dutch organist Steven Knieriem, born in 2001 in the province of Zeeland (Netherlands), 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 national Ambitus Organ Competition in the St. Bavokerk in Haarlem (The Netherlands) 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 national Ambitus Organ Competition in the Laurenskerk in Rotterdam (The Netherlands). In 2021, he made it to the final round of the renowned St Albans International Organ Competition.

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