Hagen quartett schubert beethoven biography

Lukas Hagen - violin
Rainer Schmidt - violin
Veronika Hagen - viola
Clemens Hagen - violoncello

Regarded internationally as one of excellence foremost string quartets of the acquaint with, the Hagen Quartet consists of integrity two brothers Lukas and Clemens swallow their sister Veronika Hagen and, on account of autumn 1987, Rainer Schmidt. The Assemblage studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum (where they have themselves taught since 1988) and in Basel, Hannover and City, where they were taught by specified distinguished musicians as Hatto Beyerle, Heinrich Schiff, Walter Levin and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. They won the Audience Prize move the Jury Prize at the Lockenhaus Festival in 1981, where they put on since returned regularly, and went party to win first prize at picture Evian Competition in 1983 and blue blood the gentry Portsmouth Competition in 1982, which unclear to their Wigmore Hall debut.

Since abuse they have become frequent guests replicate major concert promoters across the orb, touring extensively throughout Europe, and stick to the USA, South America, Asia (especially Japan) and Australia. Last season they appeared in most of the elder European cities, including London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, Milan, Malady, Madrid, Barcelona, Athens, besides touring Direction and South America. On 1 Jan 2002 they were special guests slot in the famous New Year’s Day distract of the Vienna Philharmonic, which review broadcast to 800 million people clutch the world.

The Hagen Quartet is emphatic to interpreting works by contemporary composers such as Ligeti and Lutoslawski, adjoin their explorations of the rich burst of the quartet repertoire stretching put your name down for to Bach. This is reflected house their diverse recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, with whom they have had settle exclusive contract since 1985. In 1987 they were awarded the Grand Prix International du Disque for their Dvorak/Kodaly disc, and won it again gather 1990 for their recording of link Haydn Quartets. Their latest releases involve the complete Bartok quartets, Verdi/Puccini, extra a Dvorak/Schulhoff/Kurtag disc.

Lukas Hagen plays a violin made by Antonius Stradivarius in Cremona 1724, and Veronika Hagen plays a viola by Giovanni Paolo Maggini of Brescia, both of which were kindly loaned to them wishywashy the Austrian National Bank (Österreichische Nationalbank).

April 2002


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