Stjepan Hauser
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Stjepan Hauser is a Croatian
cellist.
to a musical family, where he began his musical education. He has a sister who is a journalist in Pula. Hauser finished secondary school in Rijeka
. He studied in London
, and later in United States
under Bernard Greenhouse
.
, Royal Albert Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, South Bank Centre
and many more...
He is laureate of UK's most prestigious international competitions and awards such as: PLG Young Artists Auditions 2009., J & A Beare Solo Bach
Competition 2009., NYOS Staffa Award 2009., Philharmonia Orchestra
- Martin Musical Scholarship Fund 2009. & 2008., Eastbourne
Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist Competition 2009 & 2007., Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists Competition 2008 & 2006., Computers in Personnel International Concerto
Competition 2008., Frankopan
Fund Award 2006., MBF Music Education Award 2006 & 2005. He is also prize winner of world's biggest cello competitions and awards such as Adam Cello
Competition in New Zealand 2009., and VTB Capital Prize for Young Cellists 2009. All together Stjepan collected a total of 21 first prizes among national and international competitions and as consequence he was invited to perform twice on Gala concerts for H R H Prince Charles in Buckingham Palace
and St. James's Palace
.
Stjepan is one of the very last cellists whom the great Rostropovich heard during his life. As one of the last students of Maestro Rostropovich, Stjepan played in four concerts dedicated to him: a gala concert in Palazzo Vecchio
in Florence
(Britten Sonata
); a performance of Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 with Orchestra Sinfonica del Friuli Venezia Giulia in Teatro Comunale "Giuseppe Verdi
" in Italy; a recital in Auditorium al Duomo, Florence in the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Festival; a performance of Kol Nidrei with Metropolitan Sinfonia in a gala concert in St George's Bristol.
This young cellist has impressed the most revered cellists such as Mstislav Rostropovich
, Bernard Greenhouse
, Heinrich Schiff
, Frans Helmerson, Arto Noras
, Ralph Kirshbaum
, Valter Despalj
, Philippe Muller
, Thomas Demenga, Young-Chang Cho
, Valter Despalj
, Reinhard Latzko, Karine Georgian, Roel Dieltiens and Alexander Ivashkin
to mention a few. He completed his undergraduate studies with Natalia Pavlutskaya in London and currently he is studying with Ralph Kirshbaum
as a Dorothy Stone Scholar in RNCM in Manchester
and with Bernard Greenhouse
in USA.
In October 2006 he was the only cellist chosen to perform in the gala concert at Palazzo Vecchio, Florence for the late Mstislav Rostropovich, who was most impressed by this young artist. Following the success of this appearance Stjepan has been invited to perform at the most prestigious festivals in Europe. At the International Holland Music
Sessions 2009, he was chosen to participate in "New Masters on Tour" concert
series, presenting young artists in prestigious concert venues all over Europe.
Together with the Slovenian violin
ist Lana Trotovsek
and Japanese pianist
Yoko Misumi
, Stjepan is a member of renowned The Greenwich Trio
described by legendary cellist Bernard Greenhouse
as the "New Beaux Arts Trio".
The Trio won series of first prizes in the international chamber music competitions in UK, Belgium and Italy. The Greenwich Trio has had masterclasses with Amadeus Quartet
, Alban Berg
Quartet, Guarneri Quartet, Beaux Arts Trio
, Trio Fontenay
, Menahem Pressler
, Bernard Greenhouse
, Ivry Gitlis
, Stephen Kovacevich
, Ralf Gothoni
, Niklas Schmidt, Arnold Steinhardt, Valentin Erben and Eberhard Feltz. ... They have already performed in some of the most prestigious European international music festivals. In March 2008 they performed Beethoven's Triple Concerto with conductor Barry Wordsworth
and in September the same year they played in the sold out opening festival at King's Place, London.
In January 2011, Hauser, along with friend and fellow cellist Luka Šulić
, performed a cover of Michael Jackson
's Smooth Criminal
which was played solely on cello
. In just a few days, the music video for this cover became a YouTube
sensation
.
Under the name 2Cellos
, Hauser and Šulić recorded an album with Sony Music Entertainment
, which was released in July 2011.
On April 25, 2011 Hauser and Šulić appeared live on the Ellen DeGeneres Show
, on which they performed Smooth Criminal.
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
cellist.
Early life and musical training
Hauser was born in PulaPula
Pula is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, situated at the southern tip of the Istria peninsula, with a population of 62,080 .Like the rest of the region, it is known for its mild climate, smooth sea, and unspoiled nature. The city has a long tradition of winemaking, fishing,...
to a musical family, where he began his musical education. He has a sister who is a journalist in Pula. Hauser finished secondary school in Rijeka
Rijeka
Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third largest city in Croatia . It is located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,735 inhabitants...
. He studied in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, and later in United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
under Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse was an American cellist and one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio.-Life:Greenhouse was born in Newark, New Jersey. He started his professional studies with Felix Salmond at the Juilliard School when he was eighteen...
.
Career
Altough still in his twenties, cellist Stjepan Hauser has already performed in more than 40 countries across all the continents including sensational debuts in Wigmore HallWigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall is a leading international recital venue that specialises in hosting performances of chamber music and is best known for classical recitals of piano, song and instrumental music. It is located at 36 Wigmore Street, London, UK and was built to provide London with a venue that was both...
, Royal Albert Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, South Bank Centre
South Bank Centre
Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, UK, on the South Bank of the River Thames between County Hall and Waterloo Bridge. It comprises three main buildings , and is Europe’s largest centre for the arts. It attracts more than three million visitors annually...
and many more...
He is laureate of UK's most prestigious international competitions and awards such as: PLG Young Artists Auditions 2009., J & A Beare Solo Bach
Bạch
Bạch is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Bai in Chinese and Baek, in Korean.Bach is the anglicized variation of the surname Bạch.-Notable people with the surname Bạch:* Bạch Liêu...
Competition 2009., NYOS Staffa Award 2009., Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
The Philharmonia Orchestra is one of the leading orchestras in Great Britain, based in London. Since 1995, it has been based in the Royal Festival Hall. In Britain it is also the resident orchestra at De Montfort Hall, Leicester and the Corn Exchange, Bedford, as well as The Anvil, Basingstoke...
- Martin Musical Scholarship Fund 2009. & 2008., Eastbourne
Eastbourne
Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head...
Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist Competition 2009 & 2007., Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists Competition 2008 & 2006., Computers in Personnel International Concerto
Concerto
A concerto is a musical work usually composed in three parts or movements, in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words...
Competition 2008., Frankopan
Frankopan
The Frankopans are a Croatian noble family. Also called Frankapan, Frangepán in Hungarian, and Frangipani in Italian.The Frankopan family is the leading princely Croatian aristocratic family which dates back to the 12th Century and even earlier to Roman times...
Fund Award 2006., MBF Music Education Award 2006 & 2005. He is also prize winner of world's biggest cello competitions and awards such as Adam Cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
Competition in New Zealand 2009., and VTB Capital Prize for Young Cellists 2009. All together Stjepan collected a total of 21 first prizes among national and international competitions and as consequence he was invited to perform twice on Gala concerts for H R H Prince Charles in Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace, in London, is the principal residence and office of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality...
and St. James's Palace
St. James's Palace
St. James's Palace is one of London's oldest palaces. It is situated in Pall Mall, just north of St. James's Park. Although no sovereign has resided there for almost two centuries, it has remained the official residence of the Sovereign and the most senior royal palace in the UK...
.
Stjepan is one of the very last cellists whom the great Rostropovich heard during his life. As one of the last students of Maestro Rostropovich, Stjepan played in four concerts dedicated to him: a gala concert in Palazzo Vecchio
Palazzo Vecchio
The Palazzo Vecchio is the town hall of Florence, Italy. This massive, Romanesque, crenellated fortress-palace is among the most impressive town halls of Tuscany...
in Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
(Britten Sonata
Sonata
Sonata , in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata , a piece sung. The term, being vague, naturally evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms prior to the Classical era...
); a performance of Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 with Orchestra Sinfonica del Friuli Venezia Giulia in Teatro Comunale "Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
" in Italy; a recital in Auditorium al Duomo, Florence in the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Festival; a performance of Kol Nidrei with Metropolitan Sinfonia in a gala concert in St George's Bristol.
This young cellist has impressed the most revered cellists such as Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, KBE , known to close friends as Slava, was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He is widely considered to have been the greatest cellist of the second half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest of...
, Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse was an American cellist and one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio.-Life:Greenhouse was born in Newark, New Jersey. He started his professional studies with Felix Salmond at the Juilliard School when he was eighteen...
, Heinrich Schiff
Heinrich Schiff
Heinrich Schiff is an Austrian cellist and conductor. He studied cello with Tobias Kühne and André Navarra and made his solo debut in Vienna and London in 1971...
, Frans Helmerson, Arto Noras
Arto Noras
Arto Noras is a Finnish cellist who started his studies in Sibelius Academy at age of 8 years. His teacher was Yrjö Selin...
, Ralph Kirshbaum
Ralph Kirshbaum
Ralph Henry Kirshbaum is an American cellist currently living in Los Angeles. During his career he has performed solos with major orchestras worldwide, won prizes in several international competitions, and recorded extensively....
, Valter Despalj
Valter Dešpalj
-Early years:Dešpalj was born in Zadar, Croatia and graduated from the Juilliard School . He also took master classes with P. Casals, P. Fournier and A. Navarra, and did two years of postgraduate study with G...
, Philippe Muller
Philippe Muller
Philippe Muller is a French cellist and distinguished cello pedagogue.- Biography :Muller was born in 1946 in the Alsace region of France. He studied the cello with Paul Tortelier, Mstislav Rostropovich and André Navarra....
, Thomas Demenga, Young-Chang Cho
Young-Chang Cho
Young-Chang Cho is a Korean classical cellist teaching at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Germany's Ruhr Area.- Biography :Young-Chang Cho was born in Seoul in 1958. He started cello lessons at the age of eight...
, Valter Despalj
Valter Dešpalj
-Early years:Dešpalj was born in Zadar, Croatia and graduated from the Juilliard School . He also took master classes with P. Casals, P. Fournier and A. Navarra, and did two years of postgraduate study with G...
, Reinhard Latzko, Karine Georgian, Roel Dieltiens and Alexander Ivashkin
Alexander Ivashkin
Alexander Ivashkin , born in Blagoveshchensk, Russia is a cellist, writer and conductor residing in the UK.- Biography :...
to mention a few. He completed his undergraduate studies with Natalia Pavlutskaya in London and currently he is studying with Ralph Kirshbaum
Ralph Kirshbaum
Ralph Henry Kirshbaum is an American cellist currently living in Los Angeles. During his career he has performed solos with major orchestras worldwide, won prizes in several international competitions, and recorded extensively....
as a Dorothy Stone Scholar in RNCM in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
and with Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse was an American cellist and one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio.-Life:Greenhouse was born in Newark, New Jersey. He started his professional studies with Felix Salmond at the Juilliard School when he was eighteen...
in USA.
In October 2006 he was the only cellist chosen to perform in the gala concert at Palazzo Vecchio, Florence for the late Mstislav Rostropovich, who was most impressed by this young artist. Following the success of this appearance Stjepan has been invited to perform at the most prestigious festivals in Europe. At the International Holland Music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
Sessions 2009, he was chosen to participate in "New Masters on Tour" concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
series, presenting young artists in prestigious concert venues all over Europe.
Together with the Slovenian violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist Lana Trotovsek
Lana Trotovsek
Lana Trotovšek is a Slovenian violinist and member of The Greenwich Trio.-Early life and education:Lana Trotovšek was born in 1983 to a family of gifted musicians in Ljubljana, Slovenia...
and Japanese pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
Yoko Misumi
Yoko Misumi
Yoko Misumi is a Japanese classical pianist.Misumi was born in Kyoto, Japan to a musical family and started her piano lessons very early. At age 14 she received the Second Prize in the prestigious Kyoto Piano Competition...
, Stjepan is a member of renowned The Greenwich Trio
The Greenwich Trio
The Greenwich Trio is a classical piano trio formed in 2006. Its members are Lana Trotovšek , Stjepan Hauser , and Yoko Misumi ....
described by legendary cellist Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse was an American cellist and one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio.-Life:Greenhouse was born in Newark, New Jersey. He started his professional studies with Felix Salmond at the Juilliard School when he was eighteen...
as the "New Beaux Arts Trio".
The Trio won series of first prizes in the international chamber music competitions in UK, Belgium and Italy. The Greenwich Trio has had masterclasses with Amadeus Quartet
Amadeus Quartet
The Amadeus Quartet was a world famous string quartet founded in 1947.Because of their Jewish origin, violinists Norbert Brainin, Siegmund Nissel and Peter Schidlof were driven out of Vienna after Hitler's Anschluss of 1938...
, Alban Berg
Alban Berg
Alban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, and produced compositions that combined Mahlerian Romanticism with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique.-Early life:Berg was born in...
Quartet, Guarneri Quartet, Beaux Arts Trio
Beaux Arts Trio
The Beaux Arts Trio was a noted piano trio. They made their debut on July 13, 1955 at the Berkshire Music Festival, known today as the Tanglewood Music Center. Their final American concert was held at Tanglewood on August 21, 2008. It was webcast live and archived on NPR Music...
, Trio Fontenay
Trio Fontenay
The Trio Fontenay was a German classical music piano trio, who performed worldwide and recorded much of the significant piano trio repertoire between the years 1980 and 2006.-Formation:...
, Menahem Pressler
Menahem Pressler
Menahem Pressler is a German-born American pianist, founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio.-Professional career:...
, Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse was an American cellist and one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio.-Life:Greenhouse was born in Newark, New Jersey. He started his professional studies with Felix Salmond at the Juilliard School when he was eighteen...
, Ivry Gitlis
Ivry Gitlis
Ivry Gitlis is an Israeli violinist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. He has performed with the world's top orchestras , and many of his recordings are considered classics.-Life:Born in Haifa, Mandate Palestine to Jewish immigrants from Russia,...
, Stephen Kovacevich
Stephen Kovacevich
Stephen Kovacevich , who has also been known as Stephen Bishop and Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich is an American classical pianist and conductor.-Biography:...
, Ralf Gothoni
Ralf Gothoni
Ralf Georg Nils Gothóni is a Finnish pianist and conductor. He is also active as a chamber musician, professor, composer, and author. Born in Rauma, Finland he made his orchestra debut at age 15. Besides his worldwide concert career he has made some 100 recordings with major labels...
, Niklas Schmidt, Arnold Steinhardt, Valentin Erben and Eberhard Feltz. ... They have already performed in some of the most prestigious European international music festivals. In March 2008 they performed Beethoven's Triple Concerto with conductor Barry Wordsworth
Barry Wordsworth
Barry Wordsworth is a British conductor.From 1989 to 2006, Wordsworth was principal conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra, and now holds the title of conductor laureate. From 1990 to 1995, Wordsworth was music director of the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden. He began his second tenure in that post in...
and in September the same year they played in the sold out opening festival at King's Place, London.
In January 2011, Hauser, along with friend and fellow cellist Luka Šulić
Luka Šulić
Luka Šulić is a Croatian Slovenian cellist.Šulić was born in Maribor, Slovenia. He comes from a Dubrovnik musical family, his father Božo is also a cellist, and many members of his family are associated with music....
, performed a cover of Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
's Smooth Criminal
Smooth Criminal
"Smooth Criminal" is the seventh single from Michael Jackson's 1987 Bad album. The song contains a fast-paced beat intertwined with Jackson's lyrics about a woman named Annie, who has been attacked in her apartment by a "smooth" assailant. It was released as a single on October 24, 1988 and peaked...
which was played solely on cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
. In just a few days, the music video for this cover became a YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
sensation
Viral video
A viral video is one that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media and email...
.
Under the name 2Cellos
2Cellos
2Cellos is a cello duo consisting of Croatian cellists Luka Šulić and Stjepan Hauser. Signed to Sony Masterworks since 12 April 2011, the two were discovered after uploading a music video of their cello-only cover of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" to YouTube.-Background:Šulić, born in...
, Hauser and Šulić recorded an album with Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
, which was released in July 2011.
On April 25, 2011 Hauser and Šulić appeared live on the Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show...
, on which they performed Smooth Criminal.