New York native Daniel Keene is a lutenist, guitarist, arranger, composer, and consort/chamber musician.

A multi-instrumentalist, Daniel performs on an array of historic and modern plucked string instruments such as the Renaissance lute, bandora, vihuela, Baroque guitar, nineteenth century guitar, modern guitar, and extended electric guitars. He has concertized extensively as a soloist, chamber/consort player, and pit orchestra musician in New York and throughout the United States in a variety of settings. He regularly performs with violinist Lisa Casal-Galietta as the Moka Pot Duo, tenor Drew Ivarson as the Poore Astronomers, pianist Dr. Fang-Yi Chu, soprano Dr. Erin Heisel, lutenist Matthew Weinman, The New Place Players, The Red Door Chamber Players, New York Continuo Collective, and The Samadi-Keene Piano & Guitar Duo. He has also performed with Long Island Baroque Ensemble, The Bacheler Consort, The Golden Williams Duo, Stony Brook Baroque Players, and many others. 

Daniel has been on the music faculty at SUNY Nassau since 2013; teaching applied guitar as well as directing the NCC Guitar Ensemble. He has also served on the faculty at Adelphi University where he taught applied guitar and directed the Adelphi Guitar Ensemble.

Daniel studied with Jerry Willard, Xavier Díaz-Latorre, Arthur Haas, William Zito, and Stephen Leonard. He attended SUNY Stony Brook University, Adelphi University, and SUNY Nassau.