final movement of sextet performed by Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen under Pascal Rophé.

...and All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace: Four

Ghostlands - portrætkoncert af Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen 60 år

Ophelia dances (2012) - Live 2018

Suite Punta Del Este
Astor Piazzolla
Bjarke Mogensen, accordion

Diamond Ensemble 
Max Artved, Oboe
Ulla Millman, Flute
Audun Halvorsen, Bassoon 
Søren Elbo, Clarinet
Erik Heide, Violin
Frederik Øland, Violin
Katrine Bundgaard, Bratsch
Toke Møldrup, Cello
Joel Gonzales, double bass

Suite Punta Del Este - Piazzolla (Live)

Jabberwocky for accordio solo(1995) - Jesper Koch

CD "Contemporary Works for Accordion" by Paulo Jorge Ferreira
http://pjferreira.com

"Jesper Koch is not an accordionist, but his attraction for the instrument is present in more than one piece of his catalogue. Jabberwocky is one of them. The sense of humour is one of its main features. Paulo Jorge Ferreira gives in his performance the appropriate stylistic approach to it to transmit its capricious character. The title refers to a poem included by Lewis Caroll in Alice Through the Looking Glass, in which the writer uses words of his invention and gives them crazy meanings to narrate the death of a monster named Jabberwock. In the outcome of his piece, Koch transfers to the score the humorous intention of Caroll’s poem. Koch’s ability to control the structure of his music and his extraordinary talent for storytelling through composition are two aspects of his style appreciated in the contemporary music circles in which he moves, especially in Northern European countries."

Teresa Cascudo

AcordeÃ³n

Jabberwocky - Jesper Koch

In the memory of you...

The Conch & the Chrysanthemum 
- excerpt of movement #8 from You're somehow connected
A 90' piece written for solo accordion, ensemble, electronic composition, field recordings and voices in interviews about dreams for the future.

You're somehow connected reflects our time, culture, dreams about the future and reality based upon what came before us, 
where we are now and what will come in the future. It reflects on how we are all somehow connected.

You’re somehow connected is inspired by August Strindberg’s 'A Dream Play'; an impression of life on planet Earth described by Agnes, the daughter of the Vedic god Indra. The dream play describes aspects of being human through different voices, characters and perspectives in a chaos in which it is complex to navigate, a movement that expands itself in a constant changing environment of dream and reality, the real and the surreal.

Recorded live in Symphonic Hall, Musikhuset, Aarhus, Ocotber 10, 2020.

Accordion soloist: Bjarke Mogensen, www.bjarkemogensen.com

Ensemble: Århus Sinfonietta, www.sinfonietta.dk 
with special guest musicians: 
Anna Jalving (viola), www.annajalving.com
Frederik Sakham (contrabass)
Christian Martínez (percussion) 
Mari Kawamura (piano), www.marikawamura.net

Voice: Suzanne Brøgger, in an interveiw from February 2020, about her dreams for the future.

Conductor: Rei Munakata

Sound recording: Henrik Winther Hansen

Electronic composition: Tobias Sejersdahl

Director/scenographer: Jon R. Skulberg, Convoi Exceptionnel, www.convoiexceptionnel.space

Visual design: Olga Regitze, www.olgaregitze.com

Concept and acoustic composition: Lil Lacy, www.lillacy.dk

The piece is produced in collaboration with The Royal Academy of Music Aarhus (RAMA), Århus Sinfonietta, AUT, Convoi Exceptionnel and CLICK festival/Kulturværftet in Helsingør.

you’re somehow connected is kindly supported by Det Obelske Familiefond, STATENS KUNSTFOND, Kodas Kulturelle midler, Augustinus Fonden, Dansk Komponistforening, Dansk Musiker Forbund, Dronning Margrethes & Prins Henriks Fond, Aarhus Kommunes Musikpulje, Dansk Kapelmesterforening and Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium. Thank you!

The Conch & the Chrysanthemum - excerpt of movement #8 from You're somehow connected

Agnes & Mercury
- excerpt of movement #3 from You're somehow connected. 
A 90' piece written for solo accordion, ensemble, electronic composition, field recordings and voices in interviews about dreams for the future.

You're somehow connected reflects our time, culture, dreams about the future and reality based upon what came before us, 
where we are now and what will come in the future. It reflects on how we are all somehow connected.

You’re somehow connected is inspired by August Strindberg’s 'A Dream Play'; an impression of life on planet Earth described by Agnes, the daughter of the Vedic god Indra. The dream play describes aspects of being human through different voices, characters and perspectives in a chaos in which it is complex to navigate, a movement that expands itself in a constant changing environment of dream and reality, the real and the surreal.

Recorded live in Symphonic Hall, Musikhuset, Aarhus, Ocotber 10, 2020.

Accordion soloist: Bjarke Mogensen, www.bjarkemogensen.com

Ensemble: Århus Sinfonietta, www.sinfonietta.dk 
with special guest musicians: 
Anna Jalving (viola), www.annajalving.com
Frederik Sakham (contrabass)
Christian Martínez (percussion) 
Mari Kawamura (piano), www.marikawamura.net

Conductor: Rei Munakata

Sound recording: Henrik Winther Hansen

Electronic composition: Tobias Sejersdahl

Director/scenographer: Jon R. Skulberg, Convoi Exceptionnel, www.convoiexceptionnel.space

Visual design: Olga Regitze, www.olgaregitze.com

Concept and acoustic composition: Lil Lacy, www.lillacy.dk

The piece is produced in collaboration with The Royal Academy of Music Aarhus (RAMA), Århus Sinfonietta, AUT, Convoi Exceptionnel and CLICK festival/Kulturværftet in Helsingør.

you’re somehow connected is kindly supported by Det Obelske Familiefond, STATENS KUNSTFOND, Kodas Kulturelle midler, Augustinus Fonden, Dansk Komponistforening, Dansk Musiker Forbund, Dronning Margrethes & Prins Henriks Fond, Aarhus Kommunes Musikpulje, Dansk Kapelmesterforening and Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium. Thank you!

Agnes & Mercury - excerpt of movement #3 from You're somehow connected

Cloud Wandering
- excerpt of movement #1 from You're somehow connected. 
A 90' piece written for solo accordion, ensemble, electronic composition, field recordings and voices in interviews about dreams for the future.

You're somehow connected reflects our time, culture, dreams about the future and reality based upon what came before us, 
where we are now and what will come in the future. It reflects on how we are all somehow connected.

You’re somehow connected is inspired by August Strindberg’s 'A Dream Play'; an impression of life on planet Earth described by Agnes, the daughter of the Vedic god Indra. The dream play describes aspects of being human through different voices, characters and perspectives in a chaos in which it is complex to navigate, a movement that expands itself in a constant changing environment of dream and reality, the real and the surreal.

Recorded live in Symphonic Hall, Musikhuset, Aarhus, Ocotber 10, 2020.

Accordion soloist: Bjarke Mogensen, www.bjarkemogensen.com

Ensemble: Århus Sinfonietta, www.sinfonietta.dk 
with special guest musicians: 
Anna Jalving (viola), www.annajalving.com
Frederik Sakham (contrabass)
Christian Martínez (percussion) 
Mari Kawamura (piano), www.marikawamura.net

Conductor: Rei Munakata

Sound recorded by: Henrik Winther Hansen

Electronic composition: Tobias Sejersdahl

Director/scenographer: Jon R. Skulberg, Convoi Exceptionnel, www.convoiexceptionnel.space

Visual design: Olga Regitze, www.olgaregitze.com

Concept and acoustic composition: Lil Lacy, www.lillacy.dk

The piece is produced in collaboration with The Royal Academy of Music Aarhus (RAMA), Århus Sinfonietta, AUT, Convoi Exceptionnel and CLICK festival/Kulturværftet in Helsingør.

you’re somehow connected is kindly supported by Det Obelske Familiefond, STATENS KUNSTFOND, Kodas Kulturelle midler, Augustinus Fonden, Dansk Komponistforening, Dansk Musiker Forbund, Dronning Margrethes & Prins Henriks Fond, Aarhus Kommunes Musikpulje, Dansk Kapelmesterforening and Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium. Thank you!

Cloud Wandering - excerpt of movement #1 from You're somehow connected

Born 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 an early age he made his debut as a soloist with the Munich Symphony Orchestra in a German TV broadcast with millions of viewers. Since then an unusual 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.

Bjarke Mogensen received a long list of international awards such as the The P2 Radio Chamber Music Competition, The Almere International Chamber Music Competition and The Arts Desk ‘Album of the Year’ (2013). He took 1st prize in the European Broadcast Unions “New Talent” competition in Bratislava and a few years later Mogensen received the Danish Music Critics Artist Prize – all firsts for the accordion.

Already during his student years, Bjarke Mogensen had his solo debut-recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York and performed in European venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Barbican Hall, London. 

He has performed chamber music in duo with among others violinist Gidon Kremer, violist Tatjana Masurenko and cellist Andreas Brantelid. As a soloist he has worked with orchestras such as the Moscow Virtuosi, Kremerata Baltica, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, The Tiroler Symphony Orchestra, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Prague Radio Orchestra and The Copenhagen Philharmonic.
Bjarke Mogensen’s repertoire is almost unlimited, with a span ranging from folk music and accordion classics over his own arrangements and transcriptions to brand new works for accordion as well as improvisation. 

A long succession of collaborations with prominent living composers has resulted in over 60 new compositions – concertos, chamber music and solo works – dedicated to Bjarke Mogensen.

A series of his award-winning recordings have been released by the British label Orchid Classics as well as the national Danish record label Dacapo-Records. 

Bjarke Mogensen plays the Mythos Accordion No.5 often described as the Stradivarius of the accordion. He is also among the very few accordionists in the world who plays the quarter tonal accordion, an instrument which was custom made in Italy. Bjarke Mogensen graduated from the soloist class at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he now is an associate professor of accordion and chamber music.

Future engagements include the Finnish and Russian premiere of Danish composer Poul Ruders’ accordion concerto Sound and Simplicity. Yet another grand new work for the accordion written for and dedicated to Bjarke Mogensen.


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