JN
The basics
Quick facts
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American conductor
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
1 January 1931
Death:
1 January 2001
The details
Biography
Jens Nygaard (26 Oct 1931 - 24 Sep 2001) was an American orchestra conductor. He founded the Jupiter Symphony in 1979 in New York with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. He was also the subject of a documentary entitled Life on Jupiter by Martin Spinelli.