Stjepan Hauser (Croatian pronunciation: [stjɛ̂paːn hǎusɛr]; born June 15, 1986) is a Croatian cellist, also part of a cello duo 2Cellos with Luka Šulić. Other then with Luka Šulić, he has recorded an album with Damir Urban of Urban & 4 named "Urban & Hauser" and an album with Oliver Dragojević named "Noć Nek' Tiho Svira". He has already performed as soloist in the venues in Europe and with many of the major orchestras. He performed in Croatia, Slovenia, Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Austria, Albania, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, South Africa, New Zealand, United States and the United Kingdom, with sensational debuts in Wigmore Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, St. Martin in the Fields, Kings Place, St John's, Smith Square and South Bank Centre. He is laureate of UK's most prestigious international competitions and awards. 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 cellist whom the great Rostropovich heard during his life. As one of the last student 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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Stjepan+Hauser">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.