Born on the Danish Island of Bornholm, Bjarke Mogensen quickly made a name for himself as an internationally acclaimed accordion virtuoso with a keen ear for different styles. At the age of 13 he made his debut with the Munich Symphony Orchestra in a german tv-broadcast with millions of viewers. Since then an unsual curiosity and search for new sounds and expressions on his instrument has taken him on musical paths that few other musicians have ventured before. Already during his studies, Bjarke Mogensen had his solo debut-recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York and the same year he won the P2 Radio Chamber Music Competition with his duo MYTHOS as well as the Almere International Chamber Music Competition in 2013. He took 1st prize in the European Broadcast Unions “New Talent” competition in Bratislava and a few years later Bjarke received the Danish Music Critics Artist Prize – all firsts for the accordion. Bjarke Mogensen has given concerts all over the world. 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 Mogensens 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. www.bjarkemogensen.com