Håkan Hardenberger

Hardenberger is, to my mind, one of those rare instrumentalists who didn't just master his horn but expanded what people thought it could do. A Malmö-born Swede now teaching at the Malmö Academy of Music, he's collected serious honors from the Royal Philharmonic Society Award to Litteris et Artibus. But the real measure of him is how many living composers have written concertos specifically for him. That makes him a co-author of the modern trumpet repertoire, not just a performer of it. I find that kind of quiet, generation-defining devotion to a single instrument genuinely moving.

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Name (English)

Håkan Hardenberger

Name (Japanese)

ホーカン・ハーデンベルガー

Reading

ほーかん・はーでんべるがー

Born

October 27, 1961 (age 65)

Origin

Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden

Occupation

trumpeter / music arranger / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

Awards & achievements

• 2003 Litteris et Artibus
• 1990 Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Instrumentalist)

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A5kan%20Hardenberger
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453147

Tags

• Skåne County
• trumpeter
• music arranger
• musician

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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