Ulf Håkan Hardenberger (born 27 October 1961) is a Swedish trumpeter, conductor, and professor at the

Malmö Academy of Music Malmö Academy of Music ( Swedish: Musikhögskolan i Malmö) is a Swedish public college dedicated to education and research within the fields of music and music pedagogy. The school is located in Malmö in southern Sweden and belongs to the Facu ...

Early life

Hardenberg was born in

Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...

and began his practice of the trumpet at the age of eight under the guidance of his hometown teacher, Bo Nilsson. He then pursued further studies at the

Paris Conservatoire The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

, with

Pierre Thibaud Pierre Thibaud (22 June 1929 – 29 October 2004) was a French classical trumpeter. Life Born in Proissans, Dordogne, Thibaud studied violon and trumpet at the Conservatoire de Bordeaux, then at the Conservatoire de Paris in Eugène Foveau's c ...

, and in Los Angeles with Thomas Stevens.

Career

Hardenberger is a pioneer of important virtuosic new trumpet works. He collaborated with contemporary composers

Harrison Birtwistle Sir Harrison Birtwistle (15 July 1934 – 18 April 2022) was an English composer of contemporary classical music best known for his operas, often based on mythological subjects. Among his many compositions, his better known works include '' T ...

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(''Dramatis Personae''),

HK Gruber Heinz Karl "Nali" Gruber (born 3 January 1943), who styles himself HK Gruber professionally, is an Austrian composer, conductor, double bass player and singer. He is a leading figure of the so-called Third Viennese School. Career Gruber is said ...

(''Aerial''),

Hans Werner Henze Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large List of compositions by Hans Werner Henze, oeuvre is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Igor Stravinsky, Stravinsky, Mu ...

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György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde music, avant-garde composers in the latter half of the ...

and

Mark-Anthony Turnage Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 10 June 1960) is an English composer of contemporary classical music. Life and career Mark-Anthony Turnage was born in Corringham, Essex on 10 June 1960. Turnage was the eldest of three children. His parents were lov ...

('' Dispelling the Fears''). In 2021, he premiered Jörg Widmann's '' Towards Paradise''. In 2022, he first performed Helen Grime's Trumpet Concerto, night-sky-blue, and in 2023, he premiered

Wynton Marsalis Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, and music instructor, who is currently the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has been active in promoting classical and jazz music, often to young ...

's Trumpet Concerto for Europe. Hardenberger performed with

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Wiener Philharmoniker Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; ) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world. The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. Its members are selected from the orchestra of ...

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London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (, BRSO) is a German radio orchestra. Based in Munich, Germany, it is one of the city's four orchestras. The BRSO is one of two full-size symphony orchestras operated under the auspices of Bayerischer Rundf ...

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and conductors Alan Gilbert,

Daniel Harding Daniel John Harding (born 31 August 1975) is a British conductor and airplane pilot. Biography Harding was born in Oxford. He studied trumpet at Chetham's School of Music and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra at age 13. At age 17, ...

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Ingo Metzmacher Ingo Metzmacher (born 10 November 1957) is a German conductor and artistic director of the festival KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen in Hanover. Life Metzmacher was born in Hanover, the son of the cellist Rudolf Metzmacher and the research biol ...

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John Storgårds John Gunnar Rafael Storgårds (born 20 October 1963) is a Finnish conductor and violinist. Biography John Storgårds was born in Helsinki, the son of economist Gunnar Storgårds and his wife Marjatta (Ikonen) Storgårds. He studied violin with E ...

and

David Zinman David Zinman (born July 9, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York) is a retired American conductor and violinist. Education After violin studies at Oberlin Conservatory, Zinman studied theory and composition at the University of Minnesota, earning his M.A. ...

. From 2016 to 2018, he was the artistic director of the Malmö Chamber Music Festival. In the 2019/20 season, he conducted

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is bas ...

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, and

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. Hardenberger has been called "the cleanest, subtlest trumpeter on earth" by ''

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''.

Awards

* 1999 Member No. 927 Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien * 2003

Litteris et Artibus Litteris et Artibus is a Swedish royal medal established in 1853 by Charles XV of Sweden, who was then crown prince. It is awarded to people who have made important contributions to culture, especially music, dramatic art and literature. The ob ...

* 2020 Kungliga Musikaliska akademiens Interpretpris

Discography

Source:

Albums

* 2019: ''Stories – Trumpet Concertos'' *2018: ''The Scene Of The Crime'' *2017: ''Hakan Hardenberger Plays Dean & Francesconi'' *2013: ''Turnage: Speranza, From the Wreckage by Hakan Hardenberger'' *2012: ''Both Sides, Now'' * 2011: ''Haydn/Hummel/Richter: Virtuoso Trumpet Concertos'' * 2007: ''The Art of the Trumpet'' * 2006: ''20/21'' Gruber 'Aerial', Eötvös 'Jet Stream', Turnage 'From the Wreckage', Gothenburg Symphony Orchester, Peter Eötvös (Grammophone 2894776150) * 2006: ''Exposed Throat'' Gruber, Börtz, Ruders, Henderson, Holloway (BIS 1281) * 2002: ''British Music Collection: Orchestral Works'' Peter Maxwell Davies, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Elgar Howarth (Decca 4734302) * 2002: ''Adventures – Mysteries of the Macabre'' Gyorgy Ligeti, Roland Pöntinen (Deutsche Grammophon 4716082) * 2002: ''Concertos'' Martinsson, Pärt, Tanberg, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (BIS 1208) * 2001: ''British Music Collection: Dispelling the Fears'' Mark-Anthony Turnage, Philharmonia, Wallace, Harding (Decca 4688142) * 2001: ''Prières san Parole'' Constant, Tomasi, Jolivet, Sauguet, Jansen, Satie, Damase, Hakim, Simon Preston (BIS 1109) * 2001: ''British Music Collection: Endless Parade'' Harrison Birtwistle, BBC Philharmonic, Elgar Howarth (Decca 4734302) * 2000: ''Wind Concertos'' Joseph Haydn, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Elgar Howarth (Decca Eloquence 4681802) * 2000: ''Panorama – Virtuoso Trumpet'' Clarke, Albinoni, M. Haydn, JS Bach, Stamitz, Hummel, I Musici, Sir Neville Marriner,

Hans Stadlmair Hans Stadlmair (3 May 1929 – 13 February 2019) was an Austrian conductor and composer. He conducted the Münchener Kammerorchester for almost four decades. He conducted more than 6000 concerts, many in collaboration with the Bayerischer Rundfunk ...

, Simon Preston (DG 4692292) * 2000: ''Famous Classical Trumpet Concertos (2 CDs)'' Haydn, Hertel, Hummel, Stamitz…, The Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields, The London Philharmonic, Sir Neville Marriner, Elgar Howarth, Simon Preston, I Musici (Philips 464028-2) * 2000: ''Håkan Hardenberger plays Swedish Trumpet Concertos'' Börtz, Sandström, Rabe, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Gilbert Varga (BIS 1021) * 1999: ''Concertos for Piano and Trumpet'' Shostakovitch, Enesco, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi, Leif Ove Andsnes (EMI 5567602) * 1999: ''Fireworks – Music composed by Elgar Howarth: Vol 3'' Elgar Howarth, Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag, Elgar Howarth (Doyen Records) * 1997: ''Brass Concertos'' Holmboe, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Arwel Hughes,

Christian Lindberg Christian Lindberg (born 15 February 1958) is a Swedish trombonist, conductor and composer. Biography Early life and career Lindberg was born in Danderyd. As a youth, he learned to play the trumpet, and subsequently began to learn the trombo ...

, Jens Bjørn-Larsen (BIS 802) * 1996: ''Emotion'' Henze, Takemitsu, Berio, Kagel, Tisné, Blake Watkins, Henze, Ligeti (Philips 446 065-2) * 1995: ''Cycle-Concert'' Skalkottas, H.Holliger / B.Canino / K. Thunemann (Philips 442 795-2/Universal Music 470-486-2) * 1994: ''Baroque Trumpet Concerti'' Albinoni, Vivaldi, Corelli, Torelli, Marcello, Viviani, Franceschini, Baldassare, I Musici di Roma (Philips 442 131-2) * 1994: ''The Virtuoso Trumpet'' J-B Arban,

Jean Françaix Jean René Désiré Françaix (pronunciation Fran-say or Fran-seks) was born on 23 May 1912, in Le Mans and died in 25 September 1997, in Paris). Françaix was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator known for his prolific outp ...

Antoine Tisné Antoine Tisné (29 July 1932 – 19 July 1998) was a French composer. Life Tisné was born in Lourdes. He began his musical studies at the Tarbes Conservatory. He entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1952 in a music writing class. He was then ...

, Arthur Honegger, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Folke Rabe, John Hartmann, Roland Pöntinen (BIS 287) * 1994: ''Requiem'' Henze, Ensemble Modern, Ingo Metzmacher, Ueli Wiget (Sony SK 58972) * 1992: ''Trumpet and Organ Spectacular'' Martini, Clarke, Albinoni, Bach, Læillet, Gounod, Telemann, Simon Preston (Philips 434-074-2) * 1990: ''Trumpet Concertos'' Telemann, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Iona Brown, Michael Laird, William Houghton (Philips 420954) * 1990: ''Concertos'' Hummel, Hertel, Stamitz, Haydn,J., Academy of St Marin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (Philips 420-203-2) * 1989: ''Kantaten'' Bach, JS, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, Barbara Hendrichs, Peter Schreier (EMI 7498452) * 1989: ''At the Beach'' Höhne, Dinicu, Thomson, Mendelssohn, Waldtenfel, Bernstein, Glazunov, Ibert, Weide, Reger, Bitsch, Pöutine, Roland Pöntinen (Philips 422-344-2/Polygram Classics) * 1988: ''Requiem for Fallen Soldiers'' Tubin, Lund Studentsångare, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (BIS – CD297) * 1986: ''Trumpet Concertos '' Haydn, Hummel, Hertel, Stamitz, ''First Recording'', Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (Philips 420 203-2)

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hardenberger, Hakan 1961 births Living people Swedish male trumpeters Honorary members of the Royal Academy of Music Litteris et Artibus recipients Musicians from Malmö 21st-century Swedish trumpeters 21st-century Swedish male musicians