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]
- 1986 Erscheinungen (orchester)
- 1988 Airborne (flute, piano, violon, and cello)
- 1988 Echoes of a Dove
- 1988 Sept Poèsies des saisons japonaises
- 1989 Olé
- 1990 Vulcan's Forge
- 1990 Burst
- 1992 Rhapsodie Espagnole
- 1992 Cradle Song
- 1992 Concerto
- 1992 Wildlife
- 1992 Minotaurus
- 1992 Shadow Figures
- 1993 Den Forstenende Skov
- 1993 Abgesang
- 1993 Chimes at Midnight
- 1993 Heldenleben
- 1993 Panorama
- 1994 Columbus
- 1994 Bolero
- 1994 Cupid and Death
- 1994 Reveille
- 1994 Slagtøjskoncert
- 1994 Tubakoncert
- 1995 Devil in Disguise
- 1995 Strygekvartet
- 1995 En Miniature
- 1996 Symphony
- 1996 Lyriske stykker
- 1996 Angels and Insects
- 1996 Heroisk Etude
- 1996 A Bright Kind of High
- 1997 Love and Treachery
- 1997 Klavertrio
- 1997 Kærlighed og forræderi
- 1998 Moonwalk
- 1998 Byen og øjnene
- 1999 Canto alla secunda Giornata
- 1999 Introduction and Three Allegros
- 1999 Outland
- 2001 Maestro
- 2003 Et Familieselskab i Helsingør
- 2004 Skriftestolen - operatrailer i fire afsnit
- 2004 Monstersymfoni
- 2004 Maestrovariationer
- 2005 Den gamle vandrende Ridder
- 2006 Hul igennem
- 2006 Skriftestolen
- 2007 The Monkey
- 2007 The Poet
- 2008 Burning Fiery Furnace
- 2008 Syndfloden over Norderney
- 2009 Kongen af Himmelby - Demo
- 2009 Symfoni nr. 2 - Snapshot Symphony
- 2009 Frøen
- 2009 In the Shadow of the Bat
- 2009 Atlantis Revisited
- 2009 Kongen af Himmelby