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Niels Viggo Bentzon

Born: 24th August 1919, Copenhagen, Denmark

Died: 25th April 2000, Copenhagen, Denmark

Nationality: Danish

Niels Viggo Bentzon was a Danish composer and pianist.

Bentzon was descended from the Danish organist and composer Johan Ernst Hartmann and the great-grandson of the Danish composer J.P.E. Hartmann. From 1938 to 1942, he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen under Knud Jeppesen and Christian Christiansen. He then taught at The Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus (1945–50) and at The Royal Danish Academy (1950–88).

His compositions extend to 664 opus numbers, including 24 symphonies, operas, ballets, concertos, string quartets, and many piano works.

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