Bo Holten
Bo Holten is a Danish composer and conductor.
He has been the principal conductor for the vocal ensembles Ars Nova (Copenhagen) and Musica Ficta (Denmark), as well as guest-conductor for the BBC Singers. He was the principal conductor for the Flemish Radio Choir in Brussels until 2012.
As a composer he has written more than 100 works, including 6 operas, 2 musicals, 2 symphonies, and 5 solo concertos. He has also composed several film scores, amongst them the music for Lars Von Trier's The Element of Crime.
Notable works
- Sinfonia concertante for Cello & Orchestra
- Concerto for clarinet and orchestra Wisdom and Folly, choir Operation Orfeo, opera The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (Holten), choir Gesualdo, Opera
- The Physician-In-Ordinary's Visit (Livlægens Besøg), Opera