Javier Hagen
Javier Hagen (born January 13, 1971 in Barcelona ) is a Swiss-Spanish singer ( tenor and countertenor) and composer specializing in new music .
Hagen grew up in Germany, Spain and Switzerland and studied singing with Roland Hermann , Alain Billard and Nicolai Gedda as well as composition with Heiner Goebbels and Wolfgang Rihm in Zurich, Karlsruhe and Ferrara. Together with Ulrike Mayer-Spohn he forms the duo UMS ´n JIP . Javier Hagen is director of the New Music Festival Forum Wallis and has been President of the Swiss Society for New Music SGNM (ISCM Switzerland) since 2014 . In 2013 he received the Culture Prize of the Canton of Valais. He worked with composers such as Beat Furrer , Aribert Reimann , Mauricio Kagel and Guo Wenjing and premiered more than 300 works; his oeuvre, primarily vocal works, amounts to over 70 compositions.
Web links
- Javier Hagen at Discogs (English)
- Biography, list of works, repertoire, discography and ensembles by Javier Hagen in the online database musinfo.ch of the Swiss music edition
- Website from Javier Hagen
Individual evidence
- ↑ who we are , umsnjip.ch, accessed on February 13, 2018.
- ↑ On the history of the SGNM. iscm-switzerland.ch
- ^ Walliser Kulturpreis goes to Javier Hagen , srf.ch, June 4, 2013.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hagen, Javier |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss singer (tenor) and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barcelona |