Bjarke Mogensen is
an astonishment on record.
Once heard, never forgotten.

Arts Journal

ABOUT

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Born and raised on the Island of Bornholm, Bjarke Mogensen quickly made a name for himself as an internationally acclaimed accordion virtuoso and as a versatile musician with a keen ear for different styles.

At the age of 13 he made his solo debut with the Munich Symphony Orchestra in a German TV broadcast with millions of viewers. Since then a great curiosity and search for new sounds and expressions has taken him on musical paths where few other musicians have ventured before as a highly sought-after soloist in the classical music world.

Album for Astor – a Piazzolla tribute album (2022)

The new Piazzolla album has arrived!

All my life I have admired, studied and performed the music of the extraordinary Argentinian composer, Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992).

So, when I was offered the chance to publish a whole instrumental Piazzolla album of my own for the centenary of his birth, I decided to base my tribute solely on Piazzolla titles but also dived headlong into designing a varied and comprehensive listening experience, an hour of interchanging accordion solos, instrumental duos, and pieces that I arranged for myself and a small group of mixed instruments.

About the album:

‘The music is all Astor but with a touch of Bjarke here and there and maybe everywhere, in fact. There are no singers involved, but Piazzolla’s music sings, and our instruments sing, and at every corner there is melancholy, tripping feet, fast figures, and perhaps even the scent and atmosphere of Buenos Aires.’

News

Danish Broadcasting Channel P2 – Artist of the year 2024

In January I received the news that I will be Artist of the Year 2024 in The National Danish Broadcasting P2 Company. A great deal of attention and radio plays will be headed my way which I will do my best to live up!

Stay tuned for live broadcasted concerts: Among the announced projects will be the rendezvous with last years collaborator Aarhus Chamber Orchestra in Igor Shamo’s masterpiece of a concerto for accordion and the debut of a new duo-programme with the legendary percussionist and composer, Marilyn Mazur this summer. Can’t wait!

 

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