19 Facts About Stjepan Hauser

Stjepan Hauser was a member of 2CELLOS, along with Luka Sulic, and continues to perform solo.

Stjepan Hauser was born in Pula, Croatia, into a musical family, where he began his musical education.

Stjepan Hauser studied in Zagreb but moved to the United Kingdom where he studied under Natalia Pavlutskaya at Trinity College of Music London and completed his postgraduate studies with Ralph Kirshbaum as a Dorothy Stone Scholar at Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.

Stjepan Hauser has performed in more than 40 countries including debuts in Wigmore Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Southbank Centre and many more.

In October 2006, Stjepan Hauser was chosen to perform at the gala at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence for Mstislav Rostropovich.

In December 2007, Stjepan Hauser played the Kol Nidre with the Metropolitan Sinfonia at a Gala Tribute Concert dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich.

Subsequently, Stjepan Hauser went on to perform and record as a solo artist including his recording of British composer Christopher Ball's First Concerto for Cello, written by the composer specifically for him.

On 11 June 2009, Stjepan Hauser launched his channel on YouTube, which had since reached over 970 million views by June 2024.

The album Stjepan Hauser Classic was released on 7 February 2020, in which he plays alongside the London Symphony Orchestra.

The album Stjepan Hauser plays Morricone premiered on YouTube on 27 October 2020.

Stjepan Hauser has worked with cellists such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Bernard Greenhouse, Heinrich Schiff, Frans Helmerson, Arto Noras, Il Volo, Ralph Kirshbaum, Valter Despalj, Philippe Muller, Thomas Demenga, Young-Chang Cho, Reinhard Latzko, Karine Georgian, Roel Dieltiens, and Alexander Ivashkin.

In early 2011, Stjepan Hauser recorded an album with fellow Croatian Damir Urban.

The album, the self-titled Urban and Stjepan Hauser, was released in the summer of 2011.

In 2018 and 2019, Stjepan Hauser released a series of videos with Uzbek-American pianist Lola Astanova on social media.

Together with the Slovenian violinist Lana Trotovsek and Japanese pianist Yoko Misumi, Stjepan Hauser was a member of the Greenwich Trio, described by cellist Bernard Greenhouse as the "New Beaux Arts Trio".

From 2014 through 2016, Stjepan Hauser performed with Oliver Dragojevic on at least five occasions, including the 2014 Split Festival, with Luka Sulic appearing briefly to join them, in free concerts in Rakalj and on Korcula, in 2014, and as a guest at 2CELLOS' 5th anniversary free concert in Tomislav Square in Zagreb in 2016.

Stjepan Hauser has won international cello competitions and awards such as the Adam International Cello Festival and Competition in New Zealand 2009, and the VTB Capital Prize for Young Cellists 2009.

Altogether, Stjepan Hauser collected a total of 21 first prizes at national and international competitions and, as a consequence, he was invited to perform twice on Gala concerts for HRH Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace and St James's Palace.

Stjepan Hauser subsequently won an additional Porin award, for Best Video Release, along with Luka Sulic and Dusan Kranjc for their Arena Zagreb DVD.