| Håkan Hardenberger at the University of Missouri-Columbia | October 21, 2006 | |||||
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One of the world’s leading trumpet soloists, Håkan Hardenberger, visited the University of Missouri-Columbia campus on October 23, 2005, together with pianist Aleksandar Madžar. Their recital tour started in England, and Columbia was the second of only three stops in the US. Mr. Hardenberger gave a two-hour master-class and after a short break performed a fiendishly difficult recital of the all 20th century ”bestsellers” for trumpet and piano, including Honegger’s Intrada, Enesco’s Legend, Hindemith’s Sonata, Berio’s Sequenza X, Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre, and Goedicke’s Concert Etude as an encore. Mr. Madžar also performed two pieces from Ravel’s Mirroirs. Trumpet players from Columbia as well as the students from studios of Grant Peters (Missouri State University), John Korak (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville), Greg Jones (Truman State), Alan Wenger (Central Missouri), Steve Leisring (University of Kansas), Keith Benjamin (University of Missouri-Kansas City), Judith Saxton (Wichita State - about 6 hours away!), and many others were all inspired by Hardenberger's enthusiasm, vast experience and knowledge about the trumpet and music making. Our Swedish guest was pleasantly surprised by the number of students who traveled from far away to hear him teach and play. He enjoyed answering their intelligent and insightful questions showing keen interest and a high level of awareness of what is happening in the trumpet world. The recital was simply mind-blowing. Amazingly, even the avant-garde works of Berio and Ligeti were extremely well received by the audience. The hall seemed to be spellbound by the artists. No-one moved during the entire 17 minute-long Sequenza.
Håkan Hardenberger seemed very pleased with that night's recital. He said that to some degree, his success was due to the friendly acoustics of the hall and the special reception of the audience. He felt that there was an exchange of energy that always inspires and "recharges" him. It was truly a day to remember.
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