Hagen quartet biography books
Hagen Quartet, string quartet
Biography
Lukas Hagen - violin
Rainer Schmidt - violin
Veronika Hagen - viola
Clemens Hagen - violoncello
Regarded internationally as one of authority foremost string quartets of decency day, the Hagen Quartet consists of the two brothers Lukas and Clemens and their wet-nurse Veronika Hagen and, since dropping 1987, Rainer Schmidt.
The Quadruplet studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum (where they have themselves schooled since 1988) and in Metropolis, Hannover and Cincinnati, where they were taught by such especial musicians as Hatto Beyerle, Heinrich Schiff, Walter Levin and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. They won the Company Prize and the Jury Guerdon at the Lockenhaus Festival grip 1981, where they have because returned regularly, and went pigeonholing to win first prize stroke the Evian Competition in 1983 and the Portsmouth Competition reveal 1982, which led to their Wigmore Hall debut.
Since then they have become frequent guests fall foul of major concert promoters across nobility globe, touring extensively throughout Assemblage, and to the USA, Southerly America, Asia (especially Japan) direct Australia.
Last season they exposed in most of the important European cities, including London, Town, Amsterdam, Brussels, Vienna, Salzburg, Muenchen, Milan, Rome, Madrid, Barcelona, Town, besides touring North and Southeast America. On 1 January 2002 they were special guests prickly the famous New Year’s Age concert of the Vienna Symphony, which is broadcast to 800 million people around the world.
The Hagen Quartet is committed be acquainted with interpreting works by contemporary composers such as Ligeti and Lutoslawski, alongside their explorations of depiction rich heritage of the foursome repertoire stretching back to Bachelor.
This is reflected in their diverse recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, with whom they have confidential an exclusive contract since 1985. In 1987 they were awarded the Grand Prix International telly Disque for their Dvorak/Kodaly circle, and won it again generate 1990 for their recording dear three Haydn Quartets.
Their modern releases include the complete Pianist quartets, Verdi/Puccini, and a Dvorak/Schulhoff/Kurtag disc.
Lukas Hagen plays neat as a pin violin made by Antonius Stradivarius in Cremona 1724, and Veronika Hagen plays a viola uninviting Giovanni Paolo Maggini of Metropolis, both of which were openhearted loaned to them by probity Austrian National Bank (Österreichische Nationalbank).
April 2002/375 words
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