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The Danish accordionist, Andreas Borregaard, started playing the accordion at the age of 5 in his hometown of Allerød, Denmark. In 2001 he began his studies at The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with professor James Crabb. After 5 years study he graduated with Bachelor and Master degrees, obtaining the highest possible marks in all subjects. He was then immediately admitted into the Soloist Class (advanced performance degree), graduating with an ofcial debut concert in spring 2010. In 2007-2008, he was the first ever accordionist to be admitted to the prestigious and highly acclaimed Guildhall School of Music and Drama (GMSD) in London. Whilst there he studied with violinist David Takeno and harpsichordist James Johnstone, along with creating several innovative and interdisciplinary projects with the London Contemporary Dance School and the Composers’Department of GSMD.
However, Andreas Borregaard already made his international solo debut in 2007 with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales performing the UK-premiere of Giya Kancheli’s Kapote for accordion and orchestra. In 2012 he premiered Fredrik Österling’s (Sweden) accordion concerto Endymion, and in 2017 the cross-disciplinary concerto by Maja S.K. Ratkje (Norway)/Kathy Hinde (UK), with the Red Note Ensemble (UK) at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
Andreas Borregaard is recognized as one of the world’s most exciting young accordionists. Through an extensive career as soloist and chamber musician he communicates the accordion’s fascinating qualities and palette of expressions to a wide audience. He collaborates with composers from all over Europe and is actively influencing the development of this young instrument’s use and repertoire. And through a parallel fascination with early music, he explores how the accordion can add new colours to the keyboard repertoire of the 18th century. He has appeared in solo and chamber music recitals in Australia, South America, USA and most parts of Europe; in 2015 he had his recital debut in the legendary Konzerthaus Berlin.
Since 2010 Andreas Borregaard has been teaching accordion and chamber music at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen and in 2017 he was appointed accordion lecturer at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, where he will also start his doctoral studies in October 2018.
Recent and coming milestones:
2017: New solo pieces by Simon Steen-Andersen (Denmark), Jennifer Walshe (Ireland) and Niels Rønsholdt (Denmark); New concerto by Maja Ratkje and Kathy Hinde with Red Note Ensemble; WP at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2017.
2018: New piece for string quartet and accordion by Bent Sørensen (Denmark) with The Danish String Quartet; New piece for string quartet and accordion by Juliana Hodkinson with the Sonar Quartett (Germany); Release of J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations on BIS Records.
2019: Performing J.S. Bach's Keyboard Concertos with the Baroque ensemble, Arte dei Suonatori (Poland); Goldberg Variationer“ - concert installation with the actor Kitt Maiken Mortensen. J.S. Bach's masterpiece intertwined with new work by the acclaimed Danish author Ursula Andkjær Olsen.
2020: New accordion concerto by Icelandic composer Hugi Gudmundsson. WP at "Myrkir Músíkdagar" (Dark Music Days).
CD-releases: ’Modern Tango Quintet // Kim Sjøgren’ (Cowbell Music, 2006); ‘Conversation of the Muses’ (solo) (Gateway music, 2009); ‘Early and Late’ (Gáman) (Dacapo Records, 2013); ‘INVIOLATA BACH’ (Inviolata) (Gateway music, 2014); ‘Yo nunca he estado en Buenos Aires’ (MTQ) (Gateway music, 2014); ‘SEASONS - contemporary music from a Nordic climate’ (Gateway music, 2017); ‘The Goldberg Variations’ (BIS, 2018).
In 2013 Andreas Borregaard was awarded with the Danish Arts Council’s “Young Elite”-scholarship aimed to support the country’s most significant talents across all musical genres, and in 2017 the Danish Composers’ Society awarded him their “Music Prize” in recognition of his work. He currently lives in Copenhagen, Denmark. |
