JAKOB HAGEN / works / teaching / bio / contact
Jascha Jakob Hagen (Bremen, 1991), M.Mus., is a postmigrant composer and sound artist specializing in electroacoustic music and 3D audio. Since the development of Alter Piano (2022), the thematic core of his work has centered on the ambivalence of the human–machine relationship, particularly questions of control, dependency, and fusion.
In 2025, he worked as composer for the dance theater piece Lotus Fight Club (premiere May 2025 at Kampnagel Hamburg, with guest performances including PACT Zollverein Essen). Previously, he presented Alter Piano at the festival richten25 in Wiesbaden. In parallel, Hagen is pursuing a doctoral project entitled Dissolution – Techniques of Boundary Dissolution in Art and Technology. His teaching engagements have taken him, among other places, to the Bern University of the Arts (HKB), Moos in Berlin, and the Bauhaus University Weimar. Since 2023, he has been working as an artistic associate at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar.
In 2025, he worked as composer for the dance theater piece Lotus Fight Club (premiere May 2025 at Kampnagel Hamburg, with guest performances including PACT Zollverein Essen). Previously, he presented Alter Piano at the festival richten25 in Wiesbaden. In parallel, Hagen is pursuing a doctoral project entitled Dissolution – Techniques of Boundary Dissolution in Art and Technology. His teaching engagements have taken him, among other places, to the Bern University of the Arts (HKB), Moos in Berlin, and the Bauhaus University Weimar. Since 2023, he has been working as an artistic associate at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar.
2025
Jun
May
May
Second intensive research phase for the PhD with the goal of applying to PhD programs or research colleges in Hamburg, Berlin, Graz, and Weimar. Decision on the provisional titl Dissolution – Techniques of Transgression in Art and Technology.
Premiere of the dance theater piece Lotus Fight Club at Kampnagel Theater in Hamburg, with further performances at PACT Zollverein in Essen.
Premiere of the dance theater piece Lotus Fight Club at Kampnagel Theater in Hamburg, with further performances at PACT Zollverein in Essen.
Apr
Mar
Feb
Mar
Feb
Intensive rehearsal period and musical development for the theater piece Lotus Fight Club. Development of the prototype for alter_01, the first work in a new series titled alter_XX
Performance of Alter Piano at the sound art festival richten25 in Wiesbaden.
Residency at Schwankhalle Bremen for the development of the music for the theater piece Lotus Fight Club.
Performance of Alter Piano at the sound art festival richten25 in Wiesbaden.
Residency at Schwankhalle Bremen for the development of the music for the theater piece Lotus Fight Club.
2024
Dec
Jun
April
Jun
April
Work on the doctoral dissertation – development of the topic and first intensive research phase.
Performance of the theater piece Maria Cencaru at Stellwerk Theater, Hamburg.
Guest lecturer at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB) with the course From Data To Art.
Performance of the theater piece Maria Cencaru at Stellwerk Theater, Hamburg.
Guest lecturer at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB) with the course From Data To Art.
2023
Oct
Jul
Mar
Jul
Mar
Appointed as Artistic Associate at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (50 % + 25 % position).
Performance of Alter Piano in Weilheim.
Participation in the non-machines playground conference at Bauhaus University Weimar, presenting a lecture on the Alter Piano project.
World premiere of the theater piece Maria Cencaru at “Wiese” in Hamburg; guest performances at PACT Zollverein Essen and Schwankhalle Bremen.
Guest lecturer in the 2023 summer semester at Bauhaus University Weimar with the course From Data To Art.
Performance of Alter Piano in Weilheim.
Participation in the non-machines playground conference at Bauhaus University Weimar, presenting a lecture on the Alter Piano project.
World premiere of the theater piece Maria Cencaru at “Wiese” in Hamburg; guest performances at PACT Zollverein Essen and Schwankhalle Bremen.
Guest lecturer in the 2023 summer semester at Bauhaus University Weimar with the course From Data To Art.
Feb
Musikfonds Grant for the further development of the Alter Piano interface.
2022
Jul
Master’s concert Alter Piano at SeaM, Weimar (Master of Music, grade 1.0).
Composition of the music for the theater piece Maria Cencaru in Hamburg.
Composition of the music for the theater piece Maria Cencaru in Hamburg.
2021
Oct
Mar
Mar
Sound design for a commercial of the toothpaste brand skynlab+ in Thailand.
Project-based one-year scholarship from the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar for 12 compositions and a vinyl production using the self-developed piano interface The Octopus, which digitally controls 12 electric motors inside a piano.
Project-based one-year scholarship from the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar for 12 compositions and a vinyl production using the self-developed piano interface The Octopus, which digitally controls 12 electric motors inside a piano.
Feb
Sound design for the children’s theater piece Beweghoven at Schwungfabrik Weimar.
Three-week residency at PACT Essen to develop the sound design for the dance theater piece Maria Cencaru.
Three-week residency at PACT Essen to develop the sound design for the dance theater piece Maria Cencaru.
2020
Oct
Sept
Jul
Nov
April
Sept
Jul
Nov
April
Start of Master’s studies in electroacoustic composition at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar.
Second prize at the Via Nova competition in Weimar for the acousmatic composition Music For Metal Strings.
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree completed at Bauhaus University Weimar.
Performance of the composition Music For Metal Strings at the 32nd Tage der Neuen Musik (Days of New Music).
Instructor for an Ableton workshop organized by elektronischemusik, Moos, Berlin.
Second prize at the Via Nova competition in Weimar for the acousmatic composition Music For Metal Strings.
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree completed at Bauhaus University Weimar.
Performance of the composition Music For Metal Strings at the 32nd Tage der Neuen Musik (Days of New Music).
Instructor for an Ableton workshop organized by elektronischemusik, Moos, Berlin.
2019
Oct
Participation in the group exhibition Transformation by the Enter Art Foundation with the sound installation Sternburg Etüde.
2018
Sept
Instructor for an Ableton workshop organized by elektronischemusik im Moos, Berlin.
Nomination for the Media Art Award of Bauhaus University with the sound installation Sternburg Etüde; participation in the group exhibition of the nominees.
Nomination for the Media Art Award of Bauhaus University with the sound installation Sternburg Etüde; participation in the group exhibition of the nominees.