Carl August Nielsen (9 June
1865–3 October 1931) was a
composer, conductor, and
violinist from Denmark. His
works have long been well
known in Denmark and they
have been "a mainstay
throughout the Nordic countries
and, to a lesser extent, in
Britain", noted the critic Alex
Ross in 2008 in The New
Yorker, and rising young
conductors such as Gustavo
Dudamel and Alan Gilbert are
now playing Nielsen's music in
the United States.
Carl Nielsen is especially
admired for his six symphonies
and his concertos for violin,
flute and clarinet.
He appears on the Danish
hundred-kroner note issued in
1997 (a new design was issued
in 2010).