Håkan Hardenberger

“The trumpet could not have a more persuasive champion than Håkan Hardenberger” BBC Music Magazine Håkan Hardenberger is the greatest trumpet soloist today and it is not only for his phenomenal virtuosity that he is held in such high regard. Alongside the classical repertory, Hardenberger is the most noted pioneer of new trumpet works. Hardenberger performs with the world’s leading orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra National de France, London Symphony, The Philharmonia, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and NHK Symphony Orchestra. Conductors he regularly collaborates with include Pierre Boulez, Daniel Harding, Neeme Järvi, Andris Nelsons, Esa-Pekka Salonen, John Storgårds and David Zinman. The works written for, and championed by Hardenberger, stand as key highlights in the repertory and include works of Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Hans Werner Henze, Rolf Martinsson, Olga Neuwirth, Arvo Pärt and Mark Anthony Turnage. HK Gruber’s concerto Aerial has received in excess of 50 performances by Hardenberger. Following the world premiere of Francesconi’s new work Hard Pace with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Antonio Pappano, Hardenberger looks forward to further performances in Torino, Milan and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. Gruber’s new concerto Busking, also premiered in 2008, receives further performances in Sweden and Lapland. Other highlights this season include a European tour with the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER under Ingo Metzmacher, with the Bamberger Symphoniker as well as Munich and Royal Stockholm Philharmonics. He performs the Haydn concerto in the composer's anniversary year with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields in Berlin's Philharmonie and Vienna's Musikverein. In recital, Hardenberger has key partnerships with percussionist Colin Currie, pianist Roland Pöntinen, actress Pernilla August, jazz pianist Jan Lundgren and with Swedish poet Jacques Werup. Hardenberger’s extensive discography (Philips, EMI) include his solo CD for BIS, and a disc of Turnage, Gruber and Eotvös works with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Peter Eötvös for Deutsche Gramophon. Håkan Hardenberger was born in Malmö, Sweden. He began studying the trumpet at the age of eight with Bo Nilsson in Malmö and continued his studies both at the Paris Conservatoire, with Pierre Thibaud, and in Los Angeles with Thomas Stevens. He is a professor at the Malmö Conservatoire.   ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Date Last Edited: 2008/2009   Please contact [19]Konzertdirektion Schmid for an update before reproducing this biography.