Background
BENTZON, Niels was born on August 24, 1919. Son of the late Viggo and Karen Emma (nee Hartmann) Bentzon.
choreographer composer pianist
BENTZON, Niels was born on August 24, 1919. Son of the late Viggo and Karen Emma (nee Hartmann) Bentzon.
From 1938 to 1942, he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of in Copenhagen under Knud Jeppesen and Christian Christiansen.
He then taught at The Royal Academy of in Aarhus (1945-1950) and at The Royal Danish Academy (1950-1988). His compositions extend to 664 opus numbers, including 24 symphonies, operas, ballets, concertos, string quartets, and many piano works. Arguably the most significant of these are the 14 separate sets of 24 preludes and fugues, collectively known as "The Tempered Piano", which represents a 20th-century example of music written in all 24 major and minor keys.