Hagen studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music, and has written instrumental works, electro-acoustic pieces as well as music for film and theatre. 2003 saw Hagen bestowed with the Arne Nordheim’s Composer Prize and in 2004 he received the Edvard Prize in the contemporary music category. He received a 2013 Spellemannprisen Award in the Composer category for a release with the Oslo Philharmonic, Rolf Gupta and Gjermund Larsen featuring his works. Hagen has also served as artistic director for Ny Musikk and festivals Happy Days, Nordic Music Days and the Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival. Hagen was appointed as permanent artistic director for the Ultima Festival in 2012, after having held the position on a temporary basis in 2009 and 2010. Hagen’s works have seen performances at festivals such as Donaueschinger Musiktage, Maerzmusik, Eclat and Gaudeamus Music Week by ensembles and orchestras including Ensemble Modern, Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra Baden- Baden, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart and the Oslo Philharmonic. In addition to orchestral works as well as vocal- and instrumental pieces, Hagen has also focused on sound installations and composed music for stage and film productions. 2010 saw Hagen being nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his music composed for NYC-based theatre production company Wakka Wakka Productions’ show Baby Universe. 2012 saw Hagen releasing the albumElements of Light with German electronica producer Pantha du Prince and ensemble The Bell Laboratory.
Production
Selected works
Chamber music
3 Transfigurations for String Quartet
The NVS Notebook, premiered at the Eclat Festival in 2011 by the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Lyric Structures, premiered in 2008 by the Collegium Novum Zürich
Into Johannesburg, commissioned work for Ensemble Modern and Siemens Arts Program, premiered in Frankfurt in 2008
Hymn, commissioned work for bassist Dan Styffe
Seven Studies, electro-acoustic work premiered at the Dark Music Days, Reykjavik in 2005
Concept of Sorrows and Dangers, commissioned work written for Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, premiered at the Kulturkirken Jakob, Oslo i 2001
W: In Memory Of: , commissioned work written for Lars Erik ter-Jung and Thomas Kjekstad, premiered in 2002
Max F: Passage, commissioned work written for Cikada Ensemble, premiered at the Maerzmusik, Berliner Festspiele in 2003
Lumiere, espace et vertes, work for saxophone, accordion and double bass, premiered by Poing in 2002
Orchestral works
To Zeitblom, commissioned work for SWR written for Hardanger Fiddle and orchestra, premiered at the 2011 Donaueshinger Musiktage
Understemmer, six installations for wind ensemble, premiered in Kolbotn, Norway in 2006
Norwegian Archives, commissioned work for SWR, premiered by Hilversum Radio Chamber Orchestra during the 2005 Donaueshinger Musiktage
Tveitt-Fragments, commissioned work written for the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, premiered during the Nordland Musikkfestuke in Bodø, Norway in 2006
Stage productions
Stage work written for the 2015 performance of Hamlet by the Trøndelag Teater] – recorded by the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Works written for producer Henriette Pedersen's productions Animal Magnetism 1, Animal Magnetism 2, The Problem has no Name, Hamburger Allee, Small Stick, Big Bird and Blindt Begjær
Works written for NYC-based theatre production company Wakka Wakka Productions’ shows Saga, Baby Universe, Fabrik: The Legend of M. Rabinowitz and The Death of Little Ibsen
Collaborations with Goksøyr & Martens for a number of productions, including the documentary opera This Is No Dream premiered in Johannesburg in 2008
Silent Places, commissioned work for video, clarinet and autobiographical soundtrack premiered at the Music Factory Festival in Bergen in 2003
Sharing Silence, sound installation, premiered at the UKS Biennale in Oslo in 2004
Discography
Håkon Thelin, Folk, featured work on the release: Hymn
Ingrid Andsnes, 33+1, featured work on the release: Diabelli Cadenza - for piano and EBow
Lars Petter Hagen & the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, featured work on the release: The Artist's Despair Before the Grandeur of Ancient Ruins, To Zeitblom – Concerto for Hardanger Fiddle and Orchestra, Norwegian Archives, Tveitt-Fragments and Funeral March over Edvard Grieg
Donaueschinger Musiktage 2011 - featured work on the release: Zeitblom
Dan Styffe, Bass Trip, featured work on the release: Hymn
Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, Cikada, Christian Eggen, Maja Ratkje, Concepts of Sorrows and Dangers, featured work on the release: Concepts of Sorrows and Dangers
Poing, Planet Poing, featured work on the release: Kronologi
Donaueschinger Musiktage 2005 vol.3 - featured work on the release: Norske Archives
Amund Sjølie Sveen, Erik Dæhlin Schwensen, Works by Barrett, Hagen, Buene, Aagaard-Nilsen, Apollyon, featured work on the release: Langsam
Oslo Sinfonietta, Faces, featured work on the release: Nudes. Nudes 3.1b, Collage, Nudes 1.1 og Nudes 2.0''
