Steve Hackman

A musical polymath and creative visionary, Steve Hackman is a daring voice intent on redefining art music in the 21st century. Trained classically and equally adept in popular styles, his breadth of musical fluency and technique is uncanny—he is at once a composer, conductor, producer, DJ, arranger, songwriter, singer, and pianist. He uses these wide-ranging abilities to create original music of incisive modernism yet rooted in elevated classicism.

Hackman’s groundbreaking orchestral fusions, such as Brahms X Radiohead, The Resurrection Mixtape (Mahler X Notorious BIG X Tupac Shakur) and Beethoven X Beyoncé, are introducing the symphony orchestra to its future audience. He has conducted these works to sellout houses across North America, collaborating with the orchestras of Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas, Seattle, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Colorado, Phoenix, Nashville, Oregon, Indianapolis, Minnesota, Detroit, Columbus and the Boston Pops.

Steve has teamed up with some of the biggest pop superstars of today to add a signature virtuosic and classical dimension to their work, including Charlie Puth, Steve Lacy, Doja Cat and Andrew Bird. His arrangements have been heard on the Grammys, Emmys and Oscars. He trained at the Curtis Institute of Music and the University of Illinois, and holds degrees in Orchestral Conducting and Piano Performance. He recently taught his first course at the Juilliard School entitled, “Fusion, Re-imagination and Revelation.”

Steve’s first film score will be released by Netflix in November 2025 and stay tuned for more music being released in the next few months.

Engage with Steve on Instagram at @stevehackmanmusic