Håkan Hardenberger

Ulf Håkan Hardenberger (born 27 October 1961) is a Swedish trumpeter, conductor, and professor at the Malmö Academy of Music.

[1][2] Hardenberg was born in Malmö and began his practice of the trumpet at the age of eight under the guidance of his hometown teacher, Bo Nilsson.

[3] He then pursued further studies at the Paris Conservatoire, with Pierre Thibaud, and in Los Angeles with Thomas Stevens.

[2] He collaborated with contemporary composers Harrison Birtwistle, Brett Dean (Dramatis Personae), HK Gruber (Aerial), Hans Werner Henze, Betsy Jolas, György Ligeti and Mark-Anthony Turnage (Dispelling the Fears).

[7] Hardenberger has been called "the cleanest, subtlest trumpeter on earth" by The Times.