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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.

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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.’

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News

Winter Steps and Summer Skies – RELEASE 18.04.2025

New Release!

Winter Steps and Summer Skies
I’m thrilled to share the release of a new album, Winter Steps and Summer Skies – a project born from deep collaboration with my long-time duo partner, the exceptional cellist Toke Møldrup. Alongside visionary producers Jesper Andersen and Oscar Miccaelson, and with the support of a remarkable team of contributors, we’ve brought together music that we feel defines a distinct and powerful thread in Danish contemporary composition.

This album is a tribute to a lineage of Danish composers whose work has shaped and continues to challenge the way we think about sound. It features works by Per Nørgård, Ole Buck, Svend Nielsen, Karl Aage Rasmussen, Niels Rosing-Schow, Simon Steen-Andersen, Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen, and Christian Winther Christensen — voices that span over five decades of chamber music writing, from 1973 to 2024.

About the Album
At the heart of this recording is the interplay between cello and accordion — two instruments that, while not often paired, form an unexpected and deeply expressive sonic landscape. Several of these pieces are world premieres, written specifically for our duo, and together they offer a journey through the shifting aesthetics of Danish composition: from lyrical introspection to raw, textural experimentation.

Winter Steps and Summer Skies is not only a documentation of our commissioned repertoire, but also reflecting a artistic partnership between Toke and I— one that has grown out of a shared curiosity for the new, the complex, and the beautiful.

We’ll be sharing excerpts at upcoming concerts, and signed physical copies will be available as well as online on all major platforms. In August 2025 the release will be accompanied by a series of live events across Denmark performing works from the album..

Whether you’re a longtime enthusiast of contemporary Danish music or a curious listener ready to explore, we invite you join us on this transformative musical journey.

— Bjarke

Nikolaj Lund