Håkan Hardenberger is arguably the greatest classical trumpet soloist of all time, and the only one active today who is a regular at the most important concert halls in the world with the finest orchestras. I cannot say anything about Håkan that hasn’t been said a million times, or written down in thousands of concert programs and record booklets since the late 80s. He is without a doubt the finest artist to have ever held a trumpet in his hand in the classical music world…period…end of sentence…game, set, and match.
