Alexis Hauser (born May 25, 1947) is an Austrian conductor and professor at the Schulich School of Music of

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, Canada. Winner of the Koussevitzky Conducting Prize of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Tanglewood Music Festival in 1974, Alexis Hauser has established an international conducting career with numerous appearances in Europe, North and South America, and the Far East. Hauser was born in

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and graduated from the

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. In the early 1980s, he served as music director of the

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Honours

* Winner of the Koussevitzky Conducting Prize of the

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and recipient of the

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Scholarship for

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1974 * First Prize at the first International Hans Swarowsky Conducting Competition in 1977 in Vienna * Award of Merit of the Canadian Performing Arts Organization, "for innovative programming of contemporary music"

References

1951 births Living people Musicians from Vienna Academic staff of McGill University University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni Male conductors (music) 21st-century Canadian conductors (music) 21st-century Canadian male musicians {{conductor-stub