Autumn Symphony Season

Thursday 01 April

City Hall, 20:00

Conductor: Pieter Daniel
Soloist: Stjepan Hauser (cello)

PIETER DANIEL started playing the violin at the age of four and made his orchestral début at twelve, performing the Mozart Violin Concerto KV 218 in Frankfurt, Germany. The same year he also played that concerto in Johannesburg and Pretoria with the former PACT orchestra. At the age of nineteen he graduated with distinction from the Hochschule in Frankfurt, becoming the youngest person to date to be awarded the highest Diploma for musical studies in Germany. For the past 15 years he has enjoyed working with young musicians as a Professor at the Folkwang University in Essen.

Still in his twenties, Croatian cellist  STJEPAN HAUSER has already performed in the biggest venues in Europe, as the soloist with many major orchestras in country and abroad. Outstanding performances in Croatia, Slovenia, The Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Austria, Albania, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, USA, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, with sensational debuts in Wigmore Hall, St. Martin in the Fields, King's Place, St John's, Smith Square and South Bank Centre bear witness of his incomparable artistry.  All together he has 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.  As one of the last student of te great Rostropovich, Stjepan Hauser is one of the very last cellist whom the great Rostropovich heard during his life.  

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