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Boris Björn Bagger – the essentials:
Worldwide more than 3000 concerts as a soloist, with symphony orchestras, chamber orchestras, opera orchestras and chamber music
Boris Björn Bagger has been
teaching at the Karlsruhe
university of music
since 1990
With conductors such as: Pierre Boulez, Michael Gielen, Leif Segerstam, Adam Fischer, Ari Rasilainen, Matthias Hammerschmitt, Eri Klas, Kazushi Ono, Anthony Bramell, Klaus Arp, Werner Stiefel, Klaus-Peter Hahn, Arvo Volmer and Peter Falk
More than 20 CD recordings with artists such as: Kalle Randalu (piano), Martin Ostertag (violoncello), Detlef Tewes (mandolin), Jean-Claude Gerard (flute), Veronika Fuchs (flute), Annette Struck (recorder), the SWR Symphony Orchestra, the Estonian Symphony Orchestra, Gottfried Bach (harpsichord), Renate Greiss (flute), Simon Estes (baritone), Tabea Zimmerman (viola), Ernö Sebestyen (violine)
More than 100 radio productions worldwide
More than 200 sheet music titles Boris Björn Bagger – the essentials:
Worldwide more than 3000 concerts as a soloist, with symphony orchestras, chamber orchestras, opera orchestras and chamber music
With conductors such as: Pierre Boulez, Michael Gielen, Leif Segerstam, Adam Fischer, Ari Rasilainen, Matthias Hammerschmitt, Eri Klas, Kazushi Ono, Anthony Bramell, Klaus Arp, Werner Stiefel, Klaus-Peter Hahn, Arvo Volmer and Peter Falk
More than 20 CD recordings with artists such as: Kalle Randalu (piano), Martin Ostertag (violoncello), Detlef Tewes (mandolin), Jean-Claude Gerard (flute), Veronika Fuchs (flute), Annette Struck (recorder), the SWR Symphony Orchestra, the Estonian Symphony Orchestra, Gottfried Bach (harpsichord), Renate Greiss (flute), Simon Estes (baritone), Tabea Zimmerman (viola), Ernö Sebestyen (violine)
More than 100 radio productions worldwide
More than 200 sheet music titles (exclusively for edition 49)
The following composers (among many others) have dedicated works to Boris Björn Bagger:
Lepo Sumera, Jaan Rääts, Raimo Kangro, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Wolfgang Riehm, Hanno Haag, Wolfgang Hofman, Rene Eespere, Alo Pöldmäe, Urmas Sisask, Valdo Preema, Maria Mank, Matthias Hammerschmitt, Ester Mägi, Peeter Vähi, Felix Treiber
Further information: www.borisbagger.de
The following composers (among many others) have dedicated works to Boris Björn Bagger:
Lepo Sumera, Jaan Rääts, Raimo Kangro, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Wolfgang Riehm, Hanno Haag, Wolfgang Hofman, Rene Eespere, Alo Pöldmäe, Urmas Sisask, Valdo Preema, Maria Mank, Matthias Hammerschmitt, Ester Mägi, Peeter Vähi, Felix Treiber
Further information: www.borisbagger.de
Boris Björn Bagger was born in Karlsruhe. He studied at the Karlsruhe conservatory as well as in Freiburg under Mario Sicca and Sonja Prunnbauer. He took master-courses under Julian Bream, Narciso Yepes, Wolfgang Lendle and Siegfried Behrend. In 1978, Bagger co-founded the Camerata Karlsruhe, whose leader he is today. He founded the "Deutsche Gitarrenquartett" (German Guitar Quartet) in 1989. He plays with the Ensemble 13 under Manfred Reichert as well as the Badisches Staatstheater (Baden State Theatre) as a regular guest. Bagger has worked with several renowned soloists such as Martin Ostertag, Tabea Zimmermann, Kalle Randalu, Norma Sharp, Detlef Tewes and Jean-Claude Gérard as well as conductors including Pierre Boulez and Michael Gielen. He showed his versatility on concert tours throughout Europe and in Canada as well as in radio recordings (over a hundred with almost all public stations in Germany, Finland and Estonia), CD recordings (20 CD's so far) and television appearances (Germany and USSR). Renowned composers have dedicated works to him (3 guitar concertos amongst others). Boris Björn Bagger has been teaching at the Karlsruhe university of music since 1990. He now belongs to the "Villa Musica". In 1992, the city of Karlsruhe made him the artistic director of the "Europäische Kulturtage". As the first foreign artist, he received the Music Award of the Republic of Estonia in 1994 (Arvo Pärt is one of the prominent artists to have received this award).
In Short:
Festivals: Jyväskylä (Finland), Weilburg Castle concerts (FRG), International Bach Academy Stuttgart (FRG), Tallinn Music Summer (Estonia), Musique au Large (France), Villa Musica (FRG), European Culture Days (FRG), Musical Summer Baden-Baden (FRG).
As a soloist with the following orchestras: SWF-Symphony Orchestra (Rodrigo "Concierto de Aranjuez", Vivaldi guitar concerts, Albrechtsberg double concert for flute and guitar with chamber orchestra), Baden-Baden Orchestra (Castelnuovo-Tedesco concert d-major), Baden State Orchestra (various guitar concerts), Estonian Chamber Orchestra (various guitar concerts).
CD's: over 20 CD recordings, such as: guitar concerts with the Estonian Chamber Orchestra, guitar concerts by Albrechtsberger and Vivaldi with the SWF-Symphony Orchestra, duo with Martin Ostertag (Violoncello) for Ariola and Hoepfner Classics(Bella Musica), Original works for guitar and piano (with Kalle Randalu) for Melodia and Hoepfner Classics , duo with Detlef Tewes (mandolin) for Hoepfner Classics, duo with Jean-Claude Gérard (flute) for Signum, duo with Marc Seiffge (guitar) for Bayer.
First performances: More than 30 works so far (among them 2 guitar conciertos dedicated to him) by Wolfgang Hofmann (FRG), Lepo Sumera (Estonia), Toomas Tuulse (Sweden), Erkki-Sven Tüür (Estonia), Jaan Rääts (Estonia), Raimo Kangro (Estonia), Hanno Haag (FRG).
Sheet music editions: exclusively for edition 49
TV productions: South German Radio (SDR/public), Estonian TV Tallinn (45 minute portrait), 2nd channel Germany (ZDF/public)
Radio recordings: With most public radio stations in Germany (last recording: Rodrigo "Concierto de Aranjuez" with the SWF-Symphony Orchestra), Finland, former USSR.
Press release about a performance of "Concierto de Aranjuez" by J. Rodrigo with the SWF Orchestra
(Die Rheinpfalz):
"Boris
Björn Bagger proves in Rodrigo's popular Adagio of the "Concierto de
Aranjuez" to be a guitarist without fault, whose nervy brilliance and
differenciated tonal texture can certainly compare to a Yepes or Bream. It was
a perfect listening pleasure."
Contact: Tel: +49 - 7243 - 33 22 80 +49 - 171 - 600 7100, Fax: +49 - 7243 - 33 22 81
Albstr. 59, D-76275 Ettlingen, Germany