Violinist Stephen Tavani joined The Cleveland Orchestra as Assistant Concertmaster in 2018. The New York Times commented about his playing that “...Tavani sometimes cooled his tone to the smoothness of frosted glass, adding a soft-focus filter to the chiseled melodies..." Mr. Tavani was featured playing Rismky Korsakov’s Scheherazade with the Cleveland Orchestra at the 2022 summer Blossom season. He will make his debut as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra this August at Blossom Music Center, playing Bruch Concerto No. 2.  He has appeared as guest concertmaster with the Houston Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, and Louisiana Philharmonic, and before joining the Cleveland Orchestra, he was concertmaster of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. He has performed as soloist with the Youngstown Symphony, the Orchestra of the Americas, and at the MasterWorks festival.

An avid chamber musician, Mr. Tavani has collaborated with many great musicians, and has appeared at many music festivals and chamber music series, including the Marlboro Music Festival, Dresden Music Festival, Music From Angel Fire, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Colburn Chamber Music Society, Curtis Recital Series, and with Curtis On Tour. He is a member of the Blossom Quartet with fellow Cleveland Orchestra musicians Yun-Ting Lee, William Bender, and Dave Johansen. The quartet frequently perform around the Cleveland area.

Tavani volunteers bringing string programs to Northeast Ohio inmates with the Cleveland based Renovare to help provide hope and healing through music. He is a member of Third Culture Ensemble, which serves diverse communities across Northeast Ohio through music. He also is involved with the MasterWorks Festival, which seeks to integrate Christian faith and life in the performing arts. Tavani resides on the East Side of Cleveland with his wife Amanda, a double bassist and music educator, and their two young sons. He grew up in Northern Virginia in a musical family of six brothers. His mother is a voice teacher and lyric soprano, his father a family physician and pianist. Learn more about Mr. Tavani at his website: stephentavani.com, and visit his youtube page at youtube.com/stavani1 to see many of his live performances.

Daniel Overly has built an exceptionally versatile career as a pianist, chamber musician, and vocal coach, making him a sought-after artist in prominent musical circles. He is currently serving as a rehearsal pianist for The Cleveland Orchestra, collaborating closely with The Cleveland Orchestra Choruses, conductors, and guest artists. He also performs regularly as a chamber musician across the United States and Europe, working with members of The Cleveland Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera, and the Vienna Philharmonic, among others.

In the 2024–25 season, Overly will assist conductors Franz Welser-Möst, Klaus Mäkelä, Bernard Labadie, and Thomas Adès in programs featuring works by Adès, Bach, Ives, Janáček, Mahler, and Saariaho with The Cleveland Orchestra. His upcoming engagements include a tour with violinist Andrew Sords, the complete Brahms violin sonata cycle with Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Concertmaster Stephen Tavani, and Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin with James Reese.

In recent seasons, Overly has served as a rehearsal pianist for Franz Welser-Möst, assisting him in preparing a wide range of operas and oratorios, including Bach’s St. John Passion, Mozart’s Requiem and The Magic Flute, Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West, Schubert’s Mass in E-flat, Stravinsky’s Threni, Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, and Verdi’s Otello. He is also at home in the world of contemporary music, having assisted John Adams with El Niño, George Benjamin with Dream of the Song, and performed Eric Whitacre’s The Sacred Veil with the composer conducting. Additionally, Overly is a regular substitute in the keyboard section of The Cleveland Orchestra, where he plays piano, celesta, and synthesizer and was a pianist on their recent recording of Bartók's Miraculous Mandarin.

Overly has performed at both the Aspen Music Festival and School and the Ravinia Festival, and he was a three-time fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center, where he participated in numerous performances of songs, chamber music, and contemporary works. He is a graduate of the Britten-Pears Young Artist Program, the Franz-Schubert-Institut, and the Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar. Additionally, Overly was a Fulbright Scholar and studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the Cleveland Institute of Music.

A passionate educator, Overly has served on the collaborative piano and vocal coaching faculties of the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and was Collaborative Piano Fellow at the Yale School of Music.