Herbert Blomstedt (Swedish: [ˈhæ̌rË bɛʈ ˈblÊŠÌŒmË stÉ›t]; born
July 11, 1927) is an American-Swedish conductor.Herbert Blomstedt was
born in Springfield, Massachusetts. 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 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. Blomstedt also lived in Finland during his
youth.He won the Koussevitzky Conducting Prize in 1953 and the
Salzburg Conducting Competition in 1955.
July 11, 1927) is an American-Swedish conductor.Herbert Blomstedt was
born in Springfield, Massachusetts. 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 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. Blomstedt also lived in Finland during his
youth.He won the Koussevitzky Conducting Prize in 1953 and the
Salzburg Conducting Competition in 1955.
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