Alena Hove

Biography supplied for the 2026 competition.

Recognized for her “rich, smooth tone” and “nuance and grace” (CityArts), violinist Alena Hove is praised for her musical clarity and charismatic stage presence. Hove made her solo debut at age nine with the Port Gardner Bay Chamber Orchestra and has since appeared with orchestras including the Pacific Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Philharmonic, Colburn Orchestra, Burbank Philharmonic, San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra, Ottawa Chamber Orchestra, and the Colburn Baroque Ensemble. Recent projects include performances at the GRAMMY Museum’s Chevalier premiere, a commemorative recital in the historic Heifetz Studio, and a program presented by the Thomas Mann House and the Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices. In 2023, Hove made her Walt Disney Concert Hall debut performing the Korngold Violin Concerto at the Celebrate Colburn Gala with Stéphane Denève. Through the Ziering-Conlon Recovered Voices Initiative, she has performed Mieczysław Weinberg’s Concertino and the Khachaturian Violin Concerto with conductor Aleksandra Melaniuk. An active chamber musician, Hove has appeared with the Camerata Pacifica, Seattle Chamber Music Society, the Concert Truck, the Nevada Chamber Music Festival, Festival Pau Casals, and the Colburn Chamber Music Society. Originally from Seattle, she began her violin studies with Yuko Honda before continuing at The Coleman Violin Studio. Hove currently studies under esteemed violinist Mark Steinberg at the Juilliard School as a student of the Artist Diploma program. She has also previously studied with Robert Lipsett and Simon James.