Håkan Hardenberger
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Håkan Hardenberger (born 1961, Malmö) is a Swedish trumpeter. 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, Hans Werner Henze, Rolf Martinsson, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Arvo Pärt. Hardenberger has even been called "the best trumpeter on earth" by The Times.
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“Behold the greatest trumpeter on earth. Gruber's Aerial requires Hardenberger to sing and play simultaneously; Turnage's From the Wreckage demands a husky virtuoso cadenza, while Eotvos's Jetstream involves a perfectly formed blues solo over a stuck synthesizer. Breathless.” The Times, 29 th July 2006
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. Combining his inspired musicianship, technical mastery and unique presence, Håkan Hardenberger, alongside performances of the classical concerto repertoire, is the most noted pioneer of new works for the trumpet. As Gramophone Records respectfully noted , “There can few nobler pursuits than re-defining the limits of your instrument by commissioning new work or striving to perform existing pieces with new vigour. Hardenberger has achieved this peerlessly with nearly two decades of meticulously prepared and impeccably executed recordings”.
Håkan Hardenberger performs with the world's leading orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Vienna and London Philharmonics, London Symphony Orchestra, The Philharmonia, Orchester des Bayerische Rundfunk, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and NHK Symphony Orchestra. Conductors he regularly collaborates with include Paavo Berglund, Pierre Boulez, Alan Gilbert, Daniel Harding, Neeme Järvi, Ingo Metzmacher, Esa-Pekka Salonen, John Storgårds, Thomas Dausgaard and David Zinman. He is a frequent guest at the major festivals of Lucerne, Salzburg and the BBC Proms, and has given recitals in the Konzerthaus Vienna, Wigmore Hall, Tonhalle Zürich and Musikhalle Hamburg.
The notable list of works written for Hardenberger and championed by him now stand as key highlights in the trumpet repertoire. These include works of Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Hans Werner Henze, Rolf Martinsson, Arvo Pärt and Mark Anthony Turnage. HK Gruber's concerto Aerial , commissioned by and premiered at the BBC Proms in 1999, has received no fewer than 40 performances by Hardenberger.
Hardenberger has made many recordings for Philips, EMI and BIS Records. Two discs were released in 2006; solo works for BIS Records, and a disc of Turnage, Gruber and Eotvös works with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Peter Eötvös for Deutsche Grammophon which has justly received high praise .
Hardenberger opened the 2006/07 season giving the world premiere of Olga Neuwirth's concerto “O…miramando multiplo…” at the Salzburg Festival with the Vienna Philharmonic and Pierre Boulez. He will further perform this with its' co-commissioning partners, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France with Ilan Volkov.
During this season, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic presents Hardenberger in a major focus which will see him performing Henze's Requiem, Gruber's Aerial, the aforementioned Neuwirth coupled with Haydn, and Rolf Martinsson's Bridge both in Stockholm and on a Balkan tour . He additionally performs with The Philharmonia, Helsinki Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, as director-soloist with Amsterdam Sinfonietta with a new Gruber commission at home in Amsterdam and on tour to Spain, and further afield as soloist with the Sydney and Melbourne Symphony orchestras.
In recital Håkan Hardenberger has several key partnerships; with pianists Aleksandar Madžar with whom he has toured to the USA, and Roland Pöntinen; with percussionist Colin Currie, and he a unique partnership with Swedish poet Jacques Werup.
A professor at the Malmö Conservatoire, Hardenberger's commitment to teaching is further recognised in his increased presence at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester where he is now a Fellow.
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.
