Mauricio Kagel
- Luca De Prisco, Pietro Paolo Antonucci, Francesco Gesualdi, Nicola Tommasini, Raffaele Damen, Rows Ensemble
Latest Albums as Artist
- Barbara Miller, Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble, Hanna Aurbacher, Richard Anlauf, Ewald Liska, Mauricio Kagel, Manfred Ackermann, SWR Symphonieorchester, Ingrid Ade-Jesemann, Gunilde Cramer-Reimold, Ursula Gerlach-Kleint, Manfred Gerbert
- Martyn Hill, Wout Oosterkamp, Roland Hermann, Romain Bischoff, Gulbenkian Choir, Margaret Chalker, Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mauricio Kagel
- Robert Tucci, Collegium Instrumentale, Kurt Schwertsik, Alfons Kontarsky, Adam Bauer, Armin Rosin, Brigitte Sylvestre, Mauricio Kagel
- Hans-Peter Blochwitz, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Stuttgart, Anne Sofie von Otter, Roland Hermann, Mauricio Kagel
Biography
Argentine composer Mauricio Kagel (1931-2008) made his reputation in the 1950s through his association with composers in the "Darmstadt School," though his music isn't like that of Stockhausen or others associated with it. Fascinated with arcane instruments and collage, Kagel fashioned pieces such as Heterophonie (1961), Musik für Renaissance Instrumente (1966), 1898 (1973), and Rrrrrrrr (1981), which are musical universes unto themselves, yet referential to outside influences. Late in life, Kagel became a significant, if controversial, figure in European opera; Kagel once stated that "An essential aspect of my work is strict composition with elements which are not themselves pure."