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Filmmaker · Denmark

Torben Anton Svendsen

Died in 1980

Torben Anton Svendsen was born in Copenhagen in 1904. A cellist, he played from 1926 to 1949 in the orchestra of the Royal Chapel and was among the best chamber musicians of his time, then devoted himself to directing from 1948. He staged operas and plays at the Royal Theatre, which he headed as director of the company from 1966 to 1974 and then of the opera until 1975, and made documentaries, a few feature films and many television films. He died in Copenhagen in 1980.

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