Herbert Blomstedt

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Herbert Thorson Blomstedt (Swedish: [ˈhæ̌rːbɛʈ ˈblʊ̌mːstɛt]; born 11 July 1927) is a Swedish conductor. Herbert Blomstedt was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, the son of Adolf Blomstedt (1898–1981) and his wife Alida Armintha Thorson (1899–1957). Two years after his birth, his Swedish parents moved the family back to their country of origin. He studied at the Stockholm Royal College of Music and the University of Uppsala, followed by studies of contemporary music at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse 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. Blomstedt also lived in Finland during his youth. He won the Koussevitzky Conducting Prize in 1953 and the Salzburg Conducting Competition in 1955. Blomstedt is most noted for his performances of German and Austrian composers, such as Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Anton Bruckner, Richard Strauss and Paul Hindemith, and also as a champion of Scandinavian composers, such as Edvard Grieg, Franz Berwald, Jean Sibelius and Carl Nielsen. A devout Seventh-day Adventist, Blomstedt does not rehearse on Friday nights or Saturdays, the Sabbath in Seventh-day Adventism. He does, however, conduct concerts, since he considers actual performances to be an expression of his religious devotion rather than work. He has been Music Director or

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Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 "Unfinished" & 9 "The Great"

Orff: Carmina Burana

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Konzertarien / Concert Arias

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Nielsen: Aladdin Suite; Maskarade Overture

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Yellow Lounge Vol.3

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Mozart : Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41

Mozart & Voříšek: Orchestral Works

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Konzertarien/Concert Arias

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Beethoven: Eroica - Symphonien Nr. 1&3

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Weber : Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2/Concertino in E flat/Clarinet Quintet

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Bruckner: The 9 Symphonies (Live)

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Am Kamin - Zeit Zum Entspannen / At The Fireplace - Relaxing Classics

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