Karel van Steenhoven (born November 1958 in Voorburg) is a Dutch recorder player and composer.
Starting with a green plastic instrument when he was four years old, Steenhoven began to study recorder with a guitar and mandolin teacher.
After completing his graduate recital in 1983, he studied composition with Robert Heppener and Tristan Keuris.
He was a founding member of the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet in 1978, along with Daniël Brüggen, Bertho Driever and Paul Leenhouts.
He is currently working with Mollenhauer and Adriana Breukink on the development of recorders with new fingering systems and lives in Karlsruhe, Germany.