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Herbert Blomstedt
Herbert Blomstedt (Springfield (Massachusetts), 11 July 1927) is a Swedish conductor.
Two years after Blomstedt was born in America, his parents, Adolf Blomstedt and Alida Thorson, returned to Sweden. His mother was a pianist and gave him his first lessons.
Blomstedt studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and at the University of Uppsala. He took orchestral conducting lessons in New York at the Juilliard School of Music. In 1949 he studied contemporary music in Darmstadt. In Basel he trained in Baroque music with Paul Sacher at the Schola Cantorum Basiliendsis. He also took orchestral conducting lessons in Salzburg with Igor Markevitch and at the Juilliard School with Jean Morel. He further worked with Leonard Bernstein at the Berkshire Music Center in Tanglewood. In 1954 Herbert Blomstedt made his debut with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
Blomstedt was married to Waltraud Regina Petersen, born in Hamburg on 2 December 1928. Her mother was Signe M. Johansson. Her father, Terkel A. Petersen, was Swedish. She lived in Bern and in Maryland. Blomstedt and his wife had four daughters. Elisabet was born in Oslo, while Cecila, Maria and Kristina were born in Örebro. Waltraud spent a long period in San Francisco while her husband was conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Like her husband, she was a Seventh-day Adventist.
Two years after Blomstedt was born in America, his parents, Adolf Blomstedt and Alida Thorson, returned to Sweden. His mother was a pianist and gave him his first lessons.
Blomstedt studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and at the University of Uppsala. He took orchestral conducting lessons in New York at the Juilliard School of Music. In 1949 he studied contemporary music in Darmstadt. In Basel he trained in Baroque music with Paul Sacher at the Schola Cantorum Basiliendsis. He also took orchestral conducting lessons in Salzburg with Igor Markevitch and at the Juilliard School with Jean Morel. He further worked with Leonard Bernstein at the Berkshire Music Center in Tanglewood. In 1954 Herbert Blomstedt made his debut with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
Blomstedt was married to Waltraud Regina Petersen, born in Hamburg on 2 December 1928. Her mother was Signe M. Johansson. Her father, Terkel A. Petersen, was Swedish. She lived in Bern and in Maryland. Blomstedt and his wife had four daughters. Elisabet was born in Oslo, while Cecila, Maria and Kristina were born in Örebro. Waltraud spent a long period in San Francisco while her husband was conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Like her husband, she was a Seventh-day Adventist.
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