STEVEN VANHAUWAERT
 Hailed by the Los Angeles Times for his "impressive clarity, sense of structure and monster technique", Steven Vanhauwaert has garnered a wide array of accolades, amongst which the Maurice Lefranc award, the Rotary Prize, the Galiot Prize and the USC Concerto Competition. In October 2004 he won the Grand Prize at the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, which enabled him to tour through the US and Hungary. Steven performs frequently throughout Europe and the US, both solo as in chamber music groups. His performances are broadcast regularly on K-MZT, K-CSN, K-USC, WHKB, W-UOT, K-UAT and KLARA. Mr. Vanhauwaert studied in Brussels at the Royal Conservatory with Boyan Vodenitcharov.
He continued his musical development in Los Angeles with professors Kevin Fitz-Gerald, James Bonn and John Perry at the USC Thornton School of Music.
     
With the Cincinnati Symphony, in addition to the two European Tours, Victor has also performed for the Bejing Olympics celebration events in China. Recently he was the Guest Principal for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Principal Violist for the Castleton Opera Festival in Berkley under the baton of Lorin Maazel. While in Los Angeles , Mr. de Almeida frequently performs with the Los Angeles Philharmonic as well as the Principal of the New West Symphony.
     
He has appeared in major venues with orchestras such as the Pacific Symphony, the Flemish Symphony, the USC Symphony, the Bryan Symphony, Collegium Instrumentale, the Concord Jazz Ensemble, the Auburn Symphony, the Eastern Sierra Chamber Orchestra, the Peninsula Symphony and Prima la Musica, amongst others. His China solo debut tour in June 2010, culminating at the National Center of Performing Arts in Beijing, was received with great critical acclaim and lead to an immediate reinvitation for the next season.
     
As a member of the Felici Piano Trio, he has given recitals and masterclasses all over the US. Steven has been a frequent guest in festivals such as Jacaranda, the Festival of Flanders, the Eastern Sierra Music Festival, Musik Zentral, the Malibu Coast Music Festival, the Sundays-at-Two series, the Sundays Live Series, the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music and Euterpe among many others. He has been invited to perform in major concert venues such as the Concertgebouw Brugge, the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Bovard Auditorium in Los Angeles, the Singel of Antwerp, the Great Hall of the Brussels Conservatory, the Great Hall of the Budapest Liszt Conservatory, as well as numerous other prestigious venues in Bulgaria, Hungary, China, the US, the Netherlands, France, Canada, Austria and Spain.