Press and reviews
"As a prologue, there was the set of variations for flute and piano, D. 802, on Schubert's own song, "Trockne Blumen"...played with real flair by Timothy Hagen with pianist Daniel Fung."
John W. Barker, The Well-Tempered Ear, October 30, 2017
"The brilliant and inspiring Timothy Hagen, also accompanied by Anastasia Markina, presented his own composition as well as works by Welcher, Schumann, Hindemith, Telemann, and Hüe."
The Flute View Blog, June 1, 2017
"Timothy Hagen’s virtuosic performance of Karg-Elert’s Sonata Appassionata showed the technical capabilities of the flute in all their glory. Tim also explored the elastic boundaries of flute technique and the future of composition with his powerhouse original work, Blowout for solo flute."
Texas Flute Society Newsletter, May 2015
Patricia George: A Fragile Circle, written by flutist Timothy Hagen, requires you to express a wide range of emotions and tonal colors....
Greg Milliren [Associate Principal Flute of the Minnesota Orchestra]: Yes, this is a very demanding and atmospheric piece that has many opportunities to display different kinds of sounds. You have to figure out how to play very softly and also very loudly and still be in tune.... It was both a joy and a challenge to perform a very emotional piece based on Hagen’s feelings about loss and acceptance.
Greg Milliren [Associate Principal Flute of the Minnesota Orchestra]: Yes, this is a very demanding and atmospheric piece that has many opportunities to display different kinds of sounds. You have to figure out how to play very softly and also very loudly and still be in tune.... It was both a joy and a challenge to perform a very emotional piece based on Hagen’s feelings about loss and acceptance.
Flute Talk, February 2014
"Timothy Hagen incorporated seemingly every technique a flute is capable of to create a work [A Fragile Circle] that was poignant and, in the end, cathartic."
The Upper Midwest Flute Association Newsletter, October/November/December 2013
"Hagen and [pianist Jim James] tore through [Lowell Liebermann's Sonata for Flute and Piano], displaying a wide variety of technical virtuosity and musical sensitivity, and the final notes only rang briefly before everyone was whooping it up."
Andrew Sigler, newmusicbox.org, July 25, 2013
"Next, Timothy Hagen came out with his flute. First, he soothed our percussion trauma with Bach. But then he whirled us back into a dramatic, foot-stompy, hip-hoppy piece of his own composition, Blowout. It was a fun piece, and showed about every trick you can do on a flute, I imagine. Humming while playing, as one would to produce a rock sound on a saxophone; bursts of air as if spitting; tongue fluttering; etc."
KennebecTom.com, "The Daily Consternation," 7/27/12
"The acting of vocalist Laura Snow and flutist Timothy Hagen was hilarious as they shot offended looks at each other and clashed in fits of virtuoso singing and...er...fluting? The audience loved it and it was a wonderful light-hearted end to the evening."
KennebecTom.com, "The Daily Consternation," 7/16/12
