Andreas Borregaard
Accordion Tutor
Born in Allerød, Denmark. Through an extensive career as soloist and chamber musician, Andreas Borregaard communicates the accordion’s fascinating qualities and palette of expressions to a wide audience. Collaborating with composers from all over Europe, he is actively influencing the development of this young instrument’s use and repertoire – and pushing the boundaries of the performer’s involvement on stage.
In recent years he has developed and premiered a substantial amount of performative repertoire (by composers such as Jennifer Walshe, Simon Steen-Andersen, Philip Venables, Maja S. K. Ratkje, Laura Bowler and others), partly in relation to his PhD-project in artistic research „Just Do It! – exploring the musician’s use of bodily performance“ (Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, 2018–23).
Andreas Borregaard is accordion professor at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hanover. He will be a tutor at the Darmstadt Summer Course for the second time in 2025.