Lukas Hagen - violin
Rainer Schmidt - violin
Veronika Hagen - viola
Clemens Hagen - violoncello
Regarded internationally as one of the foremost string quartets of the day, the Hagen Quartet consists of the two brothers Lukas and Clemens and their sister Veronika Hagen and, since autumn , Rainer Schmidt.
Hagen quartet biography of william shakespeare The Hagen Quartet is an Austrian string quartet founded in by four siblings, Lukas, Angelika (first replaced by Annette Bik, who was then replaced by Rainer Schmidt in ), Veronika and Clemens, in Salzburg.
The Quartet studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum (where they have themselves taught since ) and in Basel, Hannover and Cincinnati, where they were taught by such distinguished musicians as Hatto Beyerle, Heinrich Schiff, Walter Levin and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. They won the Audience Prize and the Jury Prize at the Lockenhaus Festival in , where they have since returned regularly, and went on to win first prize at the Evian Competition in and the Portsmouth Competition in , which led to their Wigmore Hall debut.
Since then they have become frequent guests of major concert promoters across the globe, touring extensively throughout Europe, and to the USA, South America, Asia (especially Japan) and Australia.
Last season they appeared in most of the major European cities, including London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, Milan, Rome, Madrid, Barcelona, Athens, besides touring North and South America. On 1 January they were special guests in the famous New Year&#;s Day concert of the Vienna Philharmonic, which is broadcast to million people around the world.
The Hagen Quartet is committed to interpreting works by contemporary composers such as Ligeti and Lutoslawski, alongside their explorations of the rich heritage of the quartet repertoire stretching back to Bach.
Hagen quartet biography of william shakespeare in 400 words BIOGRAPHY The unprecedented three-decade career of the Hagen Quartet began in Its early years, marked by a series of prizes in chamber music competitions and an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon that was to produce around forty-five CDs over the following twenty years, enabled the group to wor.
This is reflected in their diverse recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, with whom they have had an exclusive contract since In they were awarded the Grand Prix International du Disque for their Dvorak/Kodaly disc, and won it again in for their recording of three Haydn Quartets. Their latest releases include the complete Bartok quartets, Verdi/Puccini, and a Dvorak/Schulhoff/Kurtag disc.
Lukas Hagen plays a violin made by Antonius Stradivarius in Cremona , and Veronika Hagen plays a viola by Giovanni Paolo Maggini of Brescia, both of which were kindly loaned to them by the Austrian National Bank (Österreichische Nationalbank).
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