Bo Holten
# Bo Holten

Bo Holten (born 22 October 1948) 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 (Vlaams Radio Koor) 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 (1987)
* Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1990)
* Wisdom and Folly, choir (1993)
* Operation Orfeo, opera (1993)
* The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (Holten), choir (1992–95)
* Gesualdo, Opera (2003)
* The Physician-In-Ordinary's Visit (Livlægens Besøg), Opera (2008)
