Biography
Mauricio Kagel (b. Buenos Aires, 24 December 1931; d. Cologne, September 2008) is among the most distinctive composers of contemporary music. From the very beginning his name has been associated above all with music theatre, the genre on which he has perhaps exerted the greatest impact. Besides his radical innovations in this area, however, he has also developed a highly personal aesthetic in his absolute music. Kagel’s creative output has been enormous. It encompasses not only stage, orchestral and chamber music in an extremely wide range of instrumental settings, but also film scores, radio plays and essays. Throughout its broad spectrum, his music reveals a breach with any and all forms of academicism as well as close ties to tradition, especially to the German tradition. Imagination, o
Musical Works
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Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 1988 — Yesterday
Musique De Chambre / Kagel - Fourchotte - Debussy - Ronchetti, KagelFourchotteDebussyRonchetti
Opéra Nice Côte d'Azur9. Kammerkonzert, HindemithGubaidulinaKagelKoshinskiStravinsky
Theater LübeckHwaum Chamber Orchestra Repertory Project, RautavaaraKagelStravinsky
Seoul Arts CenterMensch, Musik! #5 Grenzfragen – Eine Erkundung, BeethovenKagelIves, C.XenakisWagner, RichardShostakovichVaughan Williams
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester BerlinFeatured past performances
Hwaum Chamber Orchestra Repertory Project, RautavaaraKagelStravinsky
Seoul Arts Center
Mensch, Musik! #5 Grenzfragen – Eine Erkundung, BeethovenKagelIves, C.XenakisWagner, RichardShostakovichVaughan Williams
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Upcoming performances
3Hamburger Camerata / Samuel Hasselhorn / Gábor Hontvári, PärtKagelHaydnMahler
Internationales Musikfest HamburgEnsemble Kontrapunkte, IannottaKagelVivierBryars
MusikvereinSnare Drum Makes It Big, AkihoMartinůCageKagelKoshinskiBecker, B.
Munich PhilharmonicBiography
Mauricio Kagel (b. Buenos Aires, 24 December 1931; d. Cologne, September 2008) is among the most distinctive composers of contemporary music. From the very beginning his name has been associated above all with music theatre, the genre on which he has perhaps exerted the greatest impact. Besides his radical innovations in this area, however, he has also developed a highly personal aesthetic in his absolute music. Kagel’s creative output has been enormous. It encompasses not only stage, orchestral and chamber music in an extremely wide range of instrumental settings, but also film scores, radio plays and essays. Throughout its broad spectrum, his music reveals a breach with any and all forms of academicism as well as close ties to tradition, especially to the German tradition. Imagination, o
