Herbert Blomstedt
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Herbert Blomstedt is a renowned Swedish conductor celebrated for his interpretations of the Germanic symphonic repertoire and long associations with major orchestras such as the San Francisco Symphony and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Swedish person
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ orchestral conductor ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
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Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra ⓘ NDR Symphony Orchestra ⓘ Oslo Philharmonic ⓘ San Francisco Symphony ⓘ Staatskapelle Dresden ⓘ Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
German Federal Cross of Merit
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ Order of the Polar Star ⓘ Royal Swedish Academy of Music membership ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Sweden
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-07-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Juilliard School
ⓘ
Royal College of Music in Stockholm ⓘ
surface form:
Royal College of Music, Stockholm
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis ⓘ Tanglewood ⓘ
surface form:
Tanglewood Music Center
Uppsala University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Uppsala
|
| familyName | Blomstedt ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classical music
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orchestral conducting ⓘ |
| genre | classical ⓘ |
| givenName | Herbert ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ Swedish ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Swedish Academy of Music ⓘ |
| name | Herbert Blomstedt self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interpretations of Germanic symphonic repertoire
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performances of works by Beethoven ⓘ performances of works by Brahms ⓘ performances of works by Bruckner ⓘ performances of works by Hindemith ⓘ performances of works by Mendelssohn ⓘ performances of works by Nielsen ⓘ performances of works by Schubert ⓘ performances of works by Schumann ⓘ performances of works by Sibelius ⓘ |
| notableWork |
recordings of Beethoven symphonies with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
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recordings of Bruckner symphonies with the Staatskapelle Dresden ⓘ recordings of Nielsen symphonies with the San Francisco Symphony ⓘ |
| occupation | conductor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Springfield, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
|
| positionHeld |
Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
ⓘ
Andris Nelsons ⓘ
surface form:
Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
chief conductor of the San Francisco Symphony ⓘ conductor laureate of the San Francisco Symphony ⓘ honorary conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra ⓘ music director of the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra ⓘ music director of the San Francisco Symphony ⓘ principal conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra ⓘ principal conductor of the NDR Symphony Orchestra ⓘ principal conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic ⓘ principal conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden ⓘ principal conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra ⓘ principal guest conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra ⓘ |
| religion | Seventh-day Adventist Church ⓘ |
| residence |
Leipzig
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surface form:
Leipzig, Germany
Sweden ⓘ |
| studiedUnder |
Igor Markevitch
ⓘ
Leonard Bernstein ⓘ |
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