ALEXANDRA HAUSER

The Austrian-Romanian violinist Alexandra Hauser was born in 1998 in Mödling (Austria) into a family of musicians and grew up in Montreal (Canada).

At the age of six, she began violin lessons with Prof. Lucine Balikian at the McGill Conservatory in Montreal. From 2008 to 2012, she took lessons with Prof. Josée Aidans at the Préconservatoire de musique de Montreal and then switched to the violin class of Prof. Helmut Lipsky at the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal. In 2015 Alexandra Hauser joined the class of Prof. Paul Roczek at the University Mozarteum Salzburg and in autumn 2016 she continued her studies with Prof. Axel Strauss at the McGill Schulich School of Music. Since October 2018, Alexandra Hauser has been studying with Prof. Lena Neudauer at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, where she graduates with a Bachelor of Arts degree in summer 2020. To complement her studies, Alexandra Hauser attended master classes with Regina Brandstätter, Julia Fischer, Erich Grünberg, Mario Hossen, Mauro Iurato, Laurence Kayaleh, Igor Petruschewski and Paul Roczek. In addition, she has been an annual participant in the Summer Academy of the Mozarteum Salzburg since the age of 10, where she was able to work intensively with Prof. Michael Frischenschlager and deepen her knowledge of performance practice, especially in works by J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart and F.Kreisler.

Alexandra Hauser has been awarded numerous prizes. Among others, she is a multiple winner of 1st prizes at the Quebec Classical Musil Competition (2007, 2012, in different categories), received a 1st prize at the international competition Crescendo (2010 and 2011 solo and in duo with pianist Lucas Perus), a 1st prize at the international FLAME competition in Paris (2013) and a 1st prize at the Opus 21 competition in Montreal. In the course of these awards, Alexandra Hauser made her Carnegie Hall debut at the age of twelve. Her concert activities have also taken her to New York, St. Petersburg, Montreal, Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Munich, Stuttgart and Ottawa.

In addition to her solo career, Alexandra Hauser has also been very active as a chamber musician. She is a co-founder of the Trio Marie de France, has played in several string quartets and has been heard in duo with pianist Lucas Perus. In April 2020 Alexandra Hauser would have made her South American debut in Caracas with the Simon Bolivar Orqestra de Venezuela and solo cellist Edgar Calderon, but this Brahms Double Concerto has been postponed for the time being due to the global Covid 19 pandemic.

Alexandra Hauser plays on a 1920 violin by Paul Kaul, Nantes, France, previously owned by Thomas Kakuska, member of the Alban Berg Quartet.

GEWA Strings is delighted to have Alexandra Hauser as a GEWA Strings Artist in the GEWA family, since July 2020.

More information about Alexandra Hauser: http://www.alexandrahauser.at