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Javier Hagen
composer, tenor/countertenor, vocal performance

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Both tenor and countertenor, JAVIER HAGEN is one of the most surprising classical singers of his generation. With an exceptional 4 octave vocal range, he has premiered more than 150 oeuvres at the most prestigious European contemporary music festivals collaborating with some of the most distinguished 20th century composers such as Aribert Reimann, Mauricio Kagel, Pierre Mariétan, Peter Eötvös and leading concrete poetry and constructive art artists such as Eugen Gomringer, Mauricio Rosenmann. Composition under the tutelage of Heiner Goebbels and Wolfgang Rihm, vocal training as a tenor and countertenor under Roland Hermann, Alain Billard and Nicolai Gedda. Numerous recordings for German, French, Czech and Swiss Radio and TV stations. Besides "standard" opera roles like Dardanus, Giulio Cesare, Zsupan and Pappacoda Javier Hagen premiered major roles in contemporary operas such as 'air à l'en verre' by Daniel Mouthon 1997, 'eismeer' by Christoph Schiller 2004, 'poem ohne held' by Regina Irman 2005, 'esther de racine' by Boris Yoffe 2006, 'The Madman's Diary' 2009 by Guo Wenjing, 'Les Musiciens de Breme' by Deqing Wen and 'Marienglas' by Beat Gysin both in 2010. Prize winner of international new music and composition competitions in 2001, 2004, 2008. Hagen's compositional oeuvre includes the instrumental, scenical and vocal genres as well as electroacoustic and installative works. His vocal works receive particular appreciation and are performed at festivals worldwide. Member of the duo UMS ´N JIP, which is dedicated to new musical settings for recorder, voice and electronics. Director of the festival for contemporary culture forum : : valais.

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