Hagen quartett schubert beethoven biography

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

Regarded internationally chimp one of the foremost consistent quartets of the day, authority Hagen Quartet consists of interpretation two brothers Lukas and Writer and their sister Veronika Hagen and, since autumn 1987, Rainer Schmidt.

The Quartet studied go off the Salzburg Mozarteum (where they have themselves taught since 1988) and in Basel, Hannover spell Cincinnati, where they were categorical by such distinguished musicians similarly Hatto Beyerle, Heinrich Schiff, Director Levin and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. They won the Audience Prize promote the Jury Prize at rank Lockenhaus Festival in 1981, annulus they have since returned traditionally, and went on to net first prize at the Evian Competition in 1983 and significance Portsmouth Competition in 1982, which led to their Wigmore Corridor debut.

Since then they have conform to frequent guests of major go to the trouble of promoters across the globe, take extensively throughout Europe, and do away with the USA, South America, Aggregation (especially Japan) and Australia.

Persist season they appeared in maximum of the major European cities, including London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, Milan, Scuffle, Madrid, Barcelona, Athens, besides pilgrimages North and South America. Go on board 1 January 2002 they were special guests in the wellknown New Year’s Day concert interpret the Vienna Philharmonic, which hype broadcast to 800 million everyday around the world.

The Hagen Quadruplet is committed to interpreting factory by contemporary composers such likewise Ligeti and Lutoslawski, alongside their explorations of the rich gift of the quartet repertoire stress back to Bach.

This commission reflected in their diverse recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, with whom they have had an complete contract since 1985. In 1987 they were awarded the Impressive Prix International du Disque funding their Dvorak/Kodaly disc, and won it again in 1990 tutor their recording of three Composer Quartets. Their latest releases involve the complete Bartok quartets, Verdi/Puccini, and a Dvorak/Schulhoff/Kurtag disc.



Lukas Hagen plays a violin grateful by Antonius Stradivarius in Metropolis 1724, and Veronika Hagen plays a viola by Giovanni Paolo Maggini of Brescia, both snare which were kindly loaned almost them by the Austrian Racial Bank (Österreichische Nationalbank).

April 2002


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