Håkan Hardenberger
Encyclopedia
Håkan Hardenberger is a Swedish
trumpet
er. Taking up the trumpet at the age of eight under the guidance of hometown teacher Bo Nilsson
, Hardenberger pursued further studies at the Paris Conservatoire
, with Pierre Thibaud, and in Los Angeles
with Thomas Stevens
. He has quickly established a career as a virtuoso who possesses not only an impressive command of the classical repertoire, but has also commissioned many new works from contemporary composers, including Harrison Birtwistle
, Toru Takemitsu
, Hans Werner Henze
, Rolf Martinsson
, Mark-Anthony Turnage
, Heinz Karl Gruber
, Benjamin Staern
, Tobias Broström and Arvo Pärt
. Hardenberger has been called "the greatest trumpeter on earth" by The Times
.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
er. Taking up the trumpet at the age of eight under the guidance of hometown teacher Bo Nilsson
Bo Nilsson
Bo Nilsson , is a Swedish composer and lyricist.Bo Nilsson first drew notice as a composer at the age of 18 when his "Zwei Stücke" were performed in a 1956 West German Radio “Musik der Zeit” concert in Cologne...
, Hardenberger pursued further studies at the Paris Conservatoire
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris is a college of music and dance founded in 1795, now situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France...
, with Pierre Thibaud, and in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
with Thomas Stevens
Thomas Stevens (trumpeter)
Thomas Stevens trumpeter, composer, and author, was principal trumpet with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra from 1972 to 1999...
. He has quickly established a career as a virtuoso who possesses not only an impressive command of the classical repertoire, but has also commissioned many new works from contemporary composers, including Harrison Birtwistle
Harrison Birtwistle
Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle CH is a British contemporary composer.-Life:Birtwistle was born in Accrington, a mill town in Lancashire some 20 miles north of Manchester. His interest in music was encouraged by his mother, who bought him a clarinet when he was seven, and arranged for him to have...
, Toru Takemitsu
Toru Takemitsu
was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu possessed consummate skill in the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre...
, Hans Werner Henze
Hans Werner Henze
Hans Werner Henze is a German composer of prodigious output best known for "his consistent cultivation of music for the theatre throughout his life"...
, Rolf Martinsson
Rolf Martinsson
Rolf Martinsson is a Swedish composer.Martinsson studied composition at Malmö Academy of Music, Lund University 1981-85 for Brian Ferneyhough, Sven-David Sandström, Hans Eklund, Sven-Eric Johanson, Jan W. Morthenson and Sven-Erik Bäck...
, Mark-Anthony Turnage
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Mark-Anthony Turnage is a prolific English composer of classical music. His initial musical studies were with Oliver Knussen, John Lambert, and later with Gunther Schuller...
, Heinz Karl Gruber
Heinz Karl Gruber
Heinz Karl Gruber is an Austrian composer, bass player and singer, born in Vienna on 3 January 1943 and a leading figure of the so-called Third Viennese School.-Career:...
, Benjamin Staern
Benjamin Staern
Benjamin Staern, born December 6, 1978 in Gothenburg, Swedish composer. Son of Gunnar Staern.Staern has studied musicology at Lund University and composition at Musikhögskolan in Malmö from 1998 to 2005...
, Tobias Broström and Arvo Pärt
Arvo Pärt
Arvo Pärt is an Estonian classical composer and one of the most prominent living composers of sacred music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his self-made compositional technique, tintinnabuli. His music also finds its inspiration and influence from...
. Hardenberger has been called "the greatest trumpeter on earth" by The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
.