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Niels Viggo Bentzon (Copenhagen, 24 August 1919—Copenhagen, 25 April 2000) was a Danish composer and pianist.
Bentzon was descended from Johan Ernst Hartmann and the great-grandson of 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 (1945-1950) and at The Royal Danish Academy (1950-1988). His compositions extends to 664 opus numbers. These include 24 symphonies, operas, ballets, concertos, string quartets, and many piano works.
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