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10-Dec-2010
Mogens Ellegaard: A 75th Anniversary Tribute, London – UKby Roland Williams |
 The lecture and concert at the Royal Academy of Music on November 25th 2010 celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the birth of the late Mogens Ellegaard was a most moving occasion. In his opening address Owen Murray declared that without Ellegaard’s pioneering work neither he nor the students would be here and the same would be true for students and teachers in a number of other conservatoires across Europe. “Mogens’ untimely death at 60 years was a devastating blow to his family, friends and accordionists worldwide”. Owen spent eight years in Denmark between 1974 and 1982, studying music under Ellegaard at the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen. Owen’s talk was illustrated with personal stories and CD recordings as well as Ellegaard himself talking in a BBC broadcast, and with notes and music scores projected for the audience on a screen. Owen reminded the audience of Ellegaard’s frequently told story of how he began playing the accordion at the age of eight after an accident had hospitalised him. “He fell off a balcony. Fortunately for him, his parents and future generations of accordionists, it was close to the ground. His parents gave him an accordion to cheer him up”. Full text online - Ellagaard 75 |