René Mogensen, composer and musician:

solo concert performances with saxophone and electroacoustics

The Norway Times writes about Mogensen's Concerts at The Knitting Factory, New York City:

René Mogensen "does more than just entertain the audience - he mesmerizes spectators with his interesting combination of electroacoustic sound, chamber music, and jazz... there is no doubt that his music and art will be a part of not only Danish contemporary music history, but also the entire worlds contemporary music history."

Vesterhavsposten skrev om koncert i Aal kirke:

"Alle, som var mødt frem, godt 50, blev hurtigt klar over RM's store instrumentale kunnen, og alt i alt blev det en fin musikalsk oplevelse."
"In the common perception of sound, many categories have been established - such as genres of music, types of noise, and manners of speech. These categories are used here as bricks in a sound construction, or as cards in a card house. The bricks are fragmented - something shattered is openly vulnerable, and its essence becomes more apparent. The bottom cards may be jokers. The categories are taken for what they are - just blocks of sound that can be used, and should be thrown in various directions, until we can get beyond them, and listen to the humor that is in, and after them."

-René Mogensen

from the notes to Five Seasons for saxophone and electroacoustics
Recordings by Mogensen for solo saxophone and electronics:

Plans for the release of the recordings of Five Seasons for saxophone and electroacoustics are in the works.

René Mogensen at the Knitting Factory, two downloadable internet releases in Liquid Audio format, will be available for sale from the Knitting Factory. Live concert recordings, including Three Fragments and other works, from concerts on July 23, and December 17, 2000.


Society of Composers, Inc. "Chamber Works", on Capstone Records CPS-8651), NY. Features René performing Fugaz for solo tenor sax and electronics, by Carlos Delgado. Fugaz is available in mp3 format from Capstone Records.
"The aggressive stance of the amplified saxophone keeps the energy level high throughout." - Fanfare.
"A virtuoso performance" - Morton Subotnik
A list of Special Solo Concerts performed by René Mogensen in New York City, Denmark, Italy, and Belgium:

October 12, 2007 at 18.30: I performed Whatever Delayed and Autumn Rune Song 2 for saxophone and computer and also pieces with laptop sound-artist Karsten Pflum in concert in the "Kultunat" at the Danish Ministry of Culture in Copenhagen. Part of an evening focusing on new electronic music.

September 2, 2007: I performed Bird Dance for saxophone and electronics in a concert for the opening of the new conservatory building and concert hall in Aarhus, Denmark.

December 7th, 2006, 8 pm, I performed the works Sound Brain Two Collage, Saxophone Bird Dance, and Steel Butterfly for Saxophone and Electronics in an electronic music concert at Musikcafen, in Aarhus, Denmark.

August  7, 2006, 10 pm, I performed solo jazz on tenor sax at the Sagra benefit festival in Ascea (SA), Italy.

April 8, 2006: I perform on saxophones for the opening of the PT06 exhibition at West-Jutland Art Museum, Tistrup, Denmark.

Friday evenings at 10pm (22:00) throughout December 2005 (i.e. Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30th) I performed some of my Art Lounge music on saxophones and electronics at the Bakú Bar in Ascea Marina (SA), Italy. 

February 12, 2003, 8pm Works from Five Seasons and other works for solo saxophone and electronics by Mogensen, along with several Danish art-videos, presented in the IPEM concert series in the theater at Gent University: The film-plateau, paddenhoek 3, 9000 Gent, Belgium. Presented by stichting lucien goethals vzw, and ipem - afdeling musicologie universiteit gent, with support from de provincie oost-vlaanderen, stad gent, Belgium. Photos from event.

August 24, 2002 Autumn Rune Song and Whatever Delayed for solo saxophone and electronics by Mogensen presented in the Klankfabriek festival in Belgium.

October 26, 2001, 9:00pm - solo concert by René Mogensen: original works in surround sound on the Theater Stage (Teatret Sthyr & Kjær) in Huset in Magstræde, Downtown Copenhagen, Denmark. Sponsored in part by the Danish Institute for Electroacoustic Music.

October 11, 2001, 7:30pm - René Mogensen performed solo concert of original works in surround sound in Kunstcentret Silkeborg Bad (Modern Art Museum in Silkeborg, Denmark). Sponsored in part by the Danish Institute for Electroacoustic Music.

April 7, 2001 - solo concert at the opening of the Easter exhibition at the Vestjysk Art Museum in the new Janus Building in Tistrup, Denmark. The Janus building is a new arts center, exhibiting works of many contemporary Danish artists. See the Concert Program in PDF format.
Jydske Vestkysten skrev om koncerten: "Den fede tone fra en sprød tenorsaxofon, bearbejdet gennem et større arsenal af mikrofoner og elektroniske effekter, gav genlyd i hele Janusbygningen."

April 1, 2001, 7:00pm - solo concert in Aal Kirke (Aal Church) in Oksbøl, Denmark. Aal Kirke is a beautiful church from medieval times - renovations of the church have been completed recently.
Vesterhavsposten skrev om koncerten: "Alle, som var mødt frem, godt 50, blev hurtigt klar over RM's store instrumentale kunnen, og alt i alt blev det en fin musikalsk oplevelse."

March 22, 2001 8:00pm - The European premiere of Five Seasons in surround sound in concert at the Steno Museum Planetarium, in Aarhus, Denmark. Sponsored by the Danish Institute for Electroacoustic Music.

March 15, 2001, 7:30pm - Works by René Mogensen, with guest musicians Christine Perea, Elizabeth Ball, George Rush, and Vincent Scialla in Mogensen's fourth annual concert at the DCA Gallery, 525 West 22 St., New York City. The program included a collection of works for woodwinds, contrabass and percussion.

February 28, 2001, 9:00pm - solo concert of works for saxophone and electronics at the Galapagos Art & Performance Space, 70 North 6th St., between Wythe and Kent Avenues in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

February 16, 2001 - 8pm - René Mogensen solo and with special guest percussionist Tom Beyer on the Knitactive Soundstage of the Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, New York City.

January 28, 2001 9:00 to 11:30pm - René Mogensen in solo concert with special guest percussionist Tom Beyer at the Cornelia Street Cafe performance space on 29 Cornelia Street, between Bleecker and West 4th Streets. The concert featured René Mogensen performing solo works for saxophones and electronics including Winter Waves II, and Fragment 23B. These, along with other new and recent works, combine genres, creating a postmodern unity of chamber music, sound art and jazz. Mogensen and Tom Beyer performed works such as Rune Songs, as well as new works for saxophone, percussion and electronics products of an ongoing collaboration, entitled "Extensions," that began some five years ago. Info:(212)989-9318

December 17, 2000 two sets - begining at 8pm and 10pm - "Miniatures, songs with unsung words, and new fragments," René Mogensen solo on the Knitactive Soundstage of the Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, New York City. Special guest artists Esther Lamneck (clarinet and tárogató) from New York, and Eugenio Sanna (guitar) who is on tour from Italy, will join Mogensen for this concert in several trio pieces part of an European-American collaboration. See also the Knitting Factory web page.

July 23, 2000, René Mogensen presents a concert on the KnitActive Sound Stage at the Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, Manhattan, on July 23, at 8pm. "Lyric beauty and mechanical harshness are combined in a dynamic aural dance - music and noise in unity. Comedy and despair - a subtle brutality in the creations of René Mogensen; an art form in which jazz, new chamber music and electroacoustic sound art are partners in a drama that is both abstract and physical, where runes of the imagination are offered and windmills are allowed to turn."

In October 1999, René was the composer in residence at the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College, California, which culminated in a concert of his works.
Lists of Mogensens concerts and other music events in: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.

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