Niels Viggo Bentzon
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Niels Viggo Bentzon (born August 24, 1919 in Copenhagen ; † April 25, 2000 there ) was a Danish composer and pianist .
Jørgen Bentzon's cousin studied piano, organ and music theory with Knud Jeppesen at the Copenhagen Conservatory from 1938 to 1942 . At times he also took lessons from the jazz pianist Leo Mathisen . He worked as a teacher in Aarhus from 1947 and in Copenhagen from 1949 (from 1950 at the Copenhagen Conservatory).
The extremely productive composer - he left behind over six hundred works - took up the stylistic and technical innovations of modern music. Besides some operas , six ballets , 24 symphonies and numerous chamber music and instrumental works he composed pieces for prepared and tune piano, suites for Beat Ensemble, film, television and stage music and organized musical Fluxus - happenings . Bentzon belonged to the Hartmann musician dynasty and was through this u. a. related to Lars von Trier .
Works
- Faust III opera based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Franz Kafka and James Joyce , 1964, premiered at the Kiel Opera House, conductor Peter Ronnefeld
- Automata , chamber opera based on ETA Hoffmann , 1974
literature
- Propylaea World of Music 1981, Vol. 1, 284
- Klaus Møllerhøj: Niels Viggo Bentzon's composer . Hansen, Copenhagen 1980, ISBN 87-7455-009-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Niels Viggo Bentzon in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bertel Krarup: Bentzon, Niels Viggo. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
Individual evidence
- ^ According to Reclam Opernlexikon 2001/2004 (Directmedia Publishing GmbH) the following are named: Faust III 1964; Automat 1974; Bank boss 1979, Chamber Opera Savonarola 1986
- ↑ The catalog raisonné at composer bases lists 24 numbered symphonies (1942–1995)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bentzon, Niels Viggo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 2000 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |