Steven Vanhauwaert

A native of Belgium, Steven Vanhauwaert was hailed by the Los Angeles Times Mark Swed for his impressive clarity, sense of structure and monster technique. Since then, Mr. Vanhauwaert has appeared in the worlds leading venues, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Concertgebouw, the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, and the... Shanghai Oriental Arts Center. He has appeared with orchestras such as the Pacific Symphony, the Flemish Symphony, the Lviv Philharmonic, the Reno Chamber Orchestra, the Kyiv Kamerata, and the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico. Many of Mr. Vanhauwaerts performances have been broadcast live on networks such as PBS, K-MZT, K-USC, K-PFK, K-NCJ, W-FMT, RTBF, WTV, Radio4, and KLARA. He was a featured guest in a documentary on creativity for the French channel ARTE. He is also featured on several programs on CBS in collaboration with the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico, performing piano concerti and chamber music concert tours as well as numerous outreach projects for the local community. He serves as co-director of the Chamber Music Unbound Festival in Mammoth Lakes, a 3-week long summer festival featuring guest artists from around the world. He also serves as the Artistic Director for the Second-Sundays-at-Two recital series in Rolling Hills, CA. Mr. Vanhauwaert is passionate about discovering the less familiar jewels of the classical repertoire and sharing them with his audiences. He has given the West Coast premiere of Messiaens Fantaisie for violin and piano in San Francisco and the US premiere of Eric Tanguys Piano Trio. He also frequently collaborates with and performs works by todays leading composers such as György Kurtg, Sean Friar, Thomas Ads, Steve Reich, and Eric Tanguy. He made his debut for the Piano Spheres concert series in Disney Halls Redcat Auditorium, with a program consisting exclusively of 20th and 21st century Etudes for the piano, including two special commissions by composers Eric Tanguy, and Veronika Krausas. He ...Read More