Miska Hauser

Miska Hauser was an Austrian composer and virtuoso violinist born in 1822 in the city of Pressburg, now Bratislava. He grew up in a musical family; his father was a violinist who was acquainted with Ludwig van Beethoven and fostered his son's early interest in music. Hauser pursued formal musical education at the Vienna Conservatory, where he studied violin with Josef Böhm and Josef Mayseder, and composition under Conradin Kreutzer and Simon Sechter.

After completing his studies in 1839, Hauser embarked on an artistic tour that brought him considerable success in major European cities including Berlin, Paris, and Rome. In the summer of 1847 he returned to his hometown to continue further study and performed several concerts with pianist Anton Rubinstein. In 1850 he traveled to England and subsequently to the United States; in 1853 he performed in California and South America, and in 1854 he journeyed to Australia, where he gave concerts in many of the continent’s leading cities.

Hauser’s international career continued through the 1860s and 1870s. Between 1861 and 1864 he performed in Paris and Berlin, and in the early 1870s he appeared with great success at the Italian court. His performance was so admired by King Victor Emmanuel II that the monarch awarded him the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus. In 1874 Hauser gave his final public concert in Cologne.

A prolific composer for the violin, Hauser wrote numerous short works noted for their melodicism and considerable technical demands. He also documented his artistic journeys in the two-volume book “Wanderbuch eines oester. Virtuosen,” published between 1858 and 1859. Miska Hauser died on 8 December 1887 in Vienna and was buried in the Central Cemetery of the Austrian capital.

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