Egon Ågaard

Danish accordion player, b. July 25, 1941 in Copenhagen, died August 19, 1984. Egon Aagaard was a trained typographer, but already from the mid-1950s he was active in the young folk music environment in Copenhagen. Balkan music, especially Bulgarian, remained his great love, but he was a versatile musician. When the folk music wave hit Denmark in the early 1960s, Aagaard became one of the most sought-after studio musicians, and he accompanied most of the soloists of the period. For a period in the first part of the 1970's Aagaard was a member of the Danish balkan folk group Urte (4) and from 1972 a third of the Balkan-trio (Balkan (2)). Aagaard can be heard on a large number of recordings with, for example, Trille, Cæsar, Hermann (8), Per Dich, Georges Marinos, and Povl Dissing. He participated on Svantes Viser, for example. Aagaard also appeared in films - and in more episodes of the TV series "Matador" (he was the accordion player at Agnes and 'Røde's wedding party, for example). Aagaard also wrote music for theater and film, and he was a sought-after accordion teacher until his death in 1984.