Anders Nordentoft is a pupil of Per Nørgård and Ib Nørholm. In his works Nordentoft challenges himself with wild expressiveness ad tension, but must first and foremost be described as a lyrical and narrative composer. Behind his fine feeling for the immediate and the psysical in music lies a delicate world of poetry and childlike innocence. Sometimes one senses the pain of split between the two temperaments and of the loss of innocence. In 997 Anders Nordentoft recieved the Carl Nielsen Prize.