Helge Bonnén

Who was Helge Bonnén?

Helge Bonnén was a Danish composer and pianist. He is best remembered for his politics of music.

He made his debut as a pianist during World War I after having been a student of Agnes Adler and Anders Rachlew. Bonnen was responsible for starting the Young Musician Society, it is now known as Young Tone Artists. He was a founding member of the Danish Music Magazine and President of the UTS for 2 periods and editor of the DMT in the 1920s.

In 1932 founded and led his Opera Company of 1932. In addition, he wrote a book about Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller.