Bloomstedt, Herbert

Herbert Blomstedt ( Swede. Herbert Blomstedt , born July 11, 1927 , Springfield , Massachusetts , USA ) - Swedish conductor .

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Herbert Bloomstedt, Gothenburg 2015.
basic information
Date of Birth	July 11, 1927 ( 1927-07-11 ) (92 years old)
Place of Birth	Springfield usa
A country	Sweden
Professions	conductor
Genres	European classical music
Collectives	Norrköping Symphony Orchestra , Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra , Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra , Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra , Saxon State Chapel , San Francisco Symphony Orchestra , North German Radio Symphony Orchestra , Gewandhaus Leipzig Orchestra
Awards	two Grammy Awards Rolf Shock Award (2014)

Born in the USA, from where his parents returned to their homeland in Sweden in 1929 . He was educated at the Royal Higher School of Music in Stockholm and Uppsala University . After 1949 he continued to study modern music - in Darmstadt , Baroque music - at the Basel School of Singing ( lat. Schola Cantorum Basiliensis ) by Paul Sacher and conducting - by Igor Markevich and Jean Morel at the Juilliard School and Leonard Bernstein at the Tanglewood Music Center .

In 1954 - 1962 he headed the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra , in 1962 - 1968 - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra , in 1967 - 1977 - Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra , in 1977 - 1982 - Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra . In 1975 - 1985 he was the chief conductor of the Saxon State Capella in Dresden , with whom he recorded the works of Richard Strauss and the Beethoven and Schubert symphonies. In 1985 - 1995, he led the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra , receiving two Grammy Awards with him. In 1996 - 1998 he was the main conductor of the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra , in 1998 - 2005 - the Gewandhaus Leipzig Orchestra .

Among the recorded recordings are works by Ludwig van Beethoven (all symphonies with the Saxon State Chapel ), Johannes Brahms , Gustav Mahler , Felix Mendelssohn , Karl Nielsen (all symphonies with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra , all symphonies with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (I all symphonies with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ), Paul Hindemith , Richard Strauss , Franz Schubert (all symphonies with the Saxon State Chapel ).

As a Seventh-day Adventist , Bloomstedt does not rehearse on Saturdays, but conducts concerts, not counting this work.