Niels Marthinsen (born 1963) 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.
He received the Victor Borge Prize in 1993, the H. C. Lumbye Prize in 2008. The 2006 Danish National Opera production of Marthinsen’s opera Skriftestolen received the Danish Reumert Prize in 2007 for Opera of the Year.
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
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
