Bentzon, Nils Viggo (1919– )

Danish composer. He studied piano with his mother and composition with Knud Christian Jeppesen (1892–1974).

Works Opera four operas, including Faust III (after Goethe, Kafka, and Joyce; 1964).

Orchestral 15 symphonies (1942–80); eight piano concertos, four violin concertos.

Chamber much chamber music, including a chamber concerto for 11 instruments, chamber symphony, nine string quartets (1940–76), sonata for solo cello, 11 piano sonatas, Propostae Novae for two pianos.

Vocal Bonjour Max Ernst, cantata for chorus and orchestra (1961), and other vocal music.