Niels Marthinsen

Niels Marthinsen (born 1963[1]) is a Danish composer in the classical tradition. He studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus from 1982-1990 as a student of Per Nørgård. Other teachers include Hans Abrahamsen, Steen Pade, Karl Aage Rasmussen and Poul Ruders.[2]


He received the Victor Borge Prize in 1993, the H. C. Lumbye Prize in 2008.[3] The 2006 Danish National Opera production of Marthinsen’s opera Skriftestolen received the Danish Reumert Prize in 2007 for Opera of the Year.[4]

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