euphonium, lur, basbasun, barokbasun - komponist, arrangør og dirigent
euphonium, lur, bass trombone, baroque trombone - composer. arranger and conductor
Efter stillinger ved Falsterske Fodregiments Musikkorps i Vordingborg og Malmö Symfoniorkester konkurrerede han sig i 1974 til stillingen som basbasunist i Det Kongelige Kapel. I 1988 blev Mogens Andresen udnævnt til professor på Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium i København med ansvar for messingblæseruddannelsen. Mogens Andresen er medstifter af Royal Danish Brass (1977) og er endvidere aktiv på barokbasun i ensemblerne Rosenborg Trioen og Den Danske Violonbande. Som komponist og arrangør har Mogens Andresen skabt en meget stor og væsentlig del af Royal Danish Brass' repertoire.
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Mogens Andresen was born 11.06.45. Between 1974 and 1988 he was bass trombonist at the Royal Danish Orchestra, and in 1988 he was appointed Professor of Brass Instruments at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen.
On Baroque bass trombone he has given numerous performances in Denmark as well as abroad with both the Rosenborg Trio and Den Danske Violonbande.
Mogens Andresen is co-founder of Royal Danish Brass, with whom he has recorded numerous CDs and toured Europe and the USA.
He has been teaching at many music courses, a.o. he has directed the World Youth Symphony Orchestra as well as the Festival Orchestra of Schleswig-Holstein.
He has arranged and composed for many different ensembles - mainly brass. Apart from writing pieces for brass bands, concert bands, brass quintets, trombone quintets etc., Mogens Andresen has written a series of pieces for large ensembles as used by - among others - Royal Danish Brass: for piccolo trumpet, E flat trumpet, B flat trumpet, 2 cornets, 2 horns, alto-, tenor- and bass trombones, euphonium and tuba as well as 2 pieces for percussion. From a stylistic point of view these pieces cover a large scope from Renaissance music to new music, light music and music with a jazz touch.
Mogens Andresen is also very active as a writer; he has written a trombone primer and a book on breathing technique for wind players. He also wrote the books "Historical brass instruments" and "Brass instruments from the 19th and 20th centuries".
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