# Steven Doane

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**Steven Doane** (born December 10, 1950) is an American cellist, professor and recitalist.

Internationally acclaimed as a soloist, chamber musician, and master teacher, Steven Doane maintains an active performance schedule throughout the U.S and Europe. Starting cello at a young age, his principal teachers included Richard Kapuscinski, [Bernard Greenhouse](/source/Bernard_Greenhouse), Jane Cowan (in [Edrom](/source/Edrom)), and [Janos Starker](/source/Janos_Starker). A finalist in the 1974 [International Tchaikovsky Competition](/source/International_Tchaikovsky_Competition), Doane originally entered on a dare from friends. From this point in his career, he went on to serve as principal cellist of the [Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra](/source/Milwaukee_Symphony_Orchestra) (1976–77), and later the [Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra](/source/Rochester_Philharmonic_Orchestra) (1981–83). He holds degrees from the [Oberlin Conservatory of Music](/source/Oberlin_Conservatory_of_Music) and Stony Brook University.

Steven Doane is currently cellist of the Los Angeles Piano Quartet and Professor of Cello at the [Eastman School of Music](/source/Eastman_School_of_Music) in Rochester N.Y. where he has taught for the past 25 years.

[\[1\]](http://esm.rochester.edu/faculty/?id=60) [\[2\]](http://www.cello.org/Newsletter/Articles/SDoane.html) [\[3\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20081120175327/http://www.lapianoquartet.com/meet_us_steve.shtml)

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