Mogens Dahl (born 1953 in Thisted) is a Danish conductor, choral director and musical entrepreneur, best known as the founder of Mogens Dahl Chamber Choir and Mogens Dahl Concert Hall on Islands Brygge in Copenhagen. He trained at Aarhus University and the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, with additional studies under Eric Ericson and Jorma Panula, and served as choirmaster at The Royal Opera in Aarhus from 1991 to 2003. The Chamber Choir, drawing on a pool of around 40 professional singers from across Scandinavia, has since 2005 built an international reputation through world premieres of Nordic vocal music and an ongoing partnership with London's Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for annual Messiah performances at Holmens Kirke.
Mogens Dahl Kammerkor celebrates in 2026 the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Chamber Choir and Concert Hall with a special autumn season that includes, among other things, the world premiere of a new choral work by Composer in Residence Per Gunnar Petersson.
The Swedish composer Per Gunnar Petersson is currently Composer in Residence at Mogens Dahl Kammerkor and has written several new works for the choir.
Mogens Dahl Kammerkor performs 'The Universe of the Nordic Mind' in Holmens Kirke on 15 October 2026, with the Danish premiere of Missy Mazzoli's 'Year of our Burning'.
Mogens Dahl Kammerkor and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment perform Handel's Messiah in Holmens Kirke on 11 and 12 December 2026.
Mogens Dahl Kammerkor concluded Golden Days Festival 2025 with a program centered on love music by Johannes Brahms.
