Mogens Dahl (born 1953) is a Danish
conductor, founder and owner of
Mogens Dahl Concert Hall
Mogens Dahl Concert Hall is a chamber music venue in the Islands Brygge district of Copenhagen, Denmark
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and conductor of
Mogens Dahl Chamber Choir Mogens Dahl Chamber Choir is a professional vocal ensemble founded in 2005 in Copenhagen.
The choir consists of 16 classically trained singers from all over Scandinavia, and was founded in 2005 in conjunction with the conductor, Mogens Dahl's, esta ...
, married to the Danish business woman
Jette Egelund.
Background
Mogens Dahl was born in
Thisted in 1953, in a family with seven children.
Mogens Dahl graduated
cand.phil. from
Aarhus University
Aarhus University ( da, Aarhus Universitet, abbreviated AU) is a public research university with its main campus located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Gr ...
in 1980, and as a conductor from
The Royal Academy in 1983. He has taught at the conservatory in
Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
and the
Aalborg University. From 1991 he was
choirmaster
A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...
on
The Royal Opera
The Royal Opera is a British opera company based in central London, resident at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Along with the English National Opera, it is one of the two principal opera companies in London. Founded in 1946 as the Cove ...
in Aarhus.
He is married to Jette Egelund which is second generation in the company
Vipp and it is in the company's buildings on
Islands Brygge
Islands Brygge (English: Iceland's Quay) is a harbourfront area in central Copenhagen, Denmark, located on the north-western coast of Amager. The neighbourhood is noted for its waterfront park Havneparken, which is one of the most popular areas ...
that he has established
Denmark
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's first private
concert hall
A concert hall is a cultural building with a stage that serves as a performance venue and an auditorium filled with seats.
This list does not include other venues such as sports stadia, dramatic theatres or convention centres that may ...
for
classical chamber music, Mogens Dahl Concert Hall, which is celebrated with the
P2 price from Denmark's Radio.
Sources
* politiken.dk –
Owner of a private concert hall'
* DR.dk -
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1953 births
Danish conductors (music)
Male conductors (music)
Living people
Musicians from Copenhagen
Date of birth missing (living people)
People from Thisted
21st-century conductors (music)
21st-century male musicians