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Herbert Blomstedt (b. July 11 1927 ) is a Swedish Conductor . Born in Springfield, Massachusetts , his Swedish parents moved the family back to their country of origin two years after Herbert's birth. He studied at the Stockholm Royal College Of Music and the University Of Uppsala , followed by studies of contemporary music at Darmstadt in 1949, Baroque music with Paul Sacher at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis , and further conducting studies with Igor Markevitch , Jean Morel at the Juilliard School , and Leonard Bernstein at Tanglewood 's Berkshire Music Center . He won the Koussevitzky Conducting Prize in 1953 and the Salzburg Conducting Competition in 1955. Maestro Blomstedt is most noted for his performances of German and Austrian music, such as Beethoven , Felix Mendelssohn , Franz Schubert , Anton Bruckner and Richard Strauss , and Nordic Music , such as Edvard Grieg , Jean Sibelius and Carl Nielsen . A devout Seventh-day Adventist , Blomstedt does not rehearse on Saturdays, the Sabbath In Seventh-day Adventism . He does, however, perform concerts, since he does not consider this to be work. He has been Music Director or Principal Conductor of the Norrköping Symphony (beginning 1954), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (1962-1968), Danish Radio Symphony (1967-1977), Swedish Radio Symphony (1977-1982), Dresden Staatskapelle (1975-1985). During the decade of 1985 through 1995, Blomstedt raised the San Francisco Symphony to international status, and led that orchestra in numerous prize winning recordings for London/Decca, winning two Grammy Awards , a Gramophone Magazine award, and others. Arguably, his best reviewed recordings were those of the complete symphonies of Carl Nielsen , and various works by Paul Hindemith . Blomstedt was much beloved during his tenure, and continues, as of 2007, to lead the Symphony in subscription concerts. After leaving San Francisco full time, Herbert Blomstedt took over the North German Radio Symphony (1996-1998) and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (1998-2005). Maestro Blomstedt is currently Conductor Laureate of the San Francisco Symphony and Bamberg Symphony , Danish National Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestras. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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