Stockholm 〓 Hakan Hagegard Is Accused Of Sexual Harassment

2018/05/01

A suspicion of sexual harassment emerged in Sweden’s leading opera singer, baritone singer Hakan Hagegard, resigned from posts such as Stockholm’s Royal Academy of Music and Oslo’s Norwegian Academy of Music. Royal Academy of Music announced a statement that “the Board welcomes Hagegard’s decision.” In Sweden on November 22 last year, a classical music radio station “P2” broadcast a documentary interview with women who were sexually harassed in Stockholm and Oslo. Although the program is not naming it, it has been charged that sexual harassment by prominent musicians is taking place.

Hagegard was born in 1945, Sweden Midwest Karlstad, 72 years old. He studied at the Royal College of Music, Mozarteum University Salzburg in Austria and debuted as an opera. He played Papageno in the Swedish film “Magical Flute” of 1975 directed by Ingmar Bergman and attracted attention. After that he repeatedly appeared in famous opera houses around the world. Recently he was devoted to the guidance of the student, he was launching an experimental studio in Stockholm. Hagegard was married to Barbara Bonney of soprano for a while.

How about this ?

  1. LONDON 〓 Edward Gardner named next Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic

  2. PARIS 〓 A couple of opera singers have set up a fund to support Australian freelance artists

  3. MUNICH 〓 The Bavarian State Opera revealed the outline of next year’s Munich Opera Festival

  4. FLORENCE 〓 Daniele Gatti has been named Music Director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

  5. BERLIN 〓 Barenboim Quits Berlin Philharmonic’s “European Concert”

  6. OJAI 〓 Barbara Hannigan’s “Crazy Girl Crazy” wins the GRAMMY award

  7. BUCHAREST 〓 Yo Kitamura wins first prize in the cello division at the Georges Enescu International Competition

  8. CHICAGO 〓 Two Veteran Chicago Symphony Players Retire, 45 and 39 Years with the Symphony

  9. CHEYENNE 〓 Kristine Ciesinski died as a glider pilot

  10. RIGA 〓 “Opera Vision” streams “The Flying Dutchman” of the Latvian State Opera

  11. AMSTERDAM 〓 Klaus Mäkelä to be the 8th Chief Conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

  12. WARSAW 〓 Preliminary round has been postponed for the 18th Chopin International Piano Competition

  13. CARACAS 〓 To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the music education program “El Sistema”, the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, led by Gustavo Dudamel, is touring Europe

  14. SAN FRANCISCO 〓 Birth of the “MTT Way” named after Michael Tilson Thomas

  15. LONDON 〓 Wigmore Hall Streams New Recital Series for Free

  1. Nice post. I was checking continuously this weblog and
    I’m inspired! Very useful info particularly the final phase
    🙂 I care for such information much. I was seeking this particular info for a very
    lengthy time. Thanks and best of luck.

  1. No trackbacks yet.