title: Bo Holten
text: # 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)
  