Leif Segerstam
Leif Segerstam (born March 2, 1944 in Vaasa ) is a Finnish composer and conductor .
Segerstam studied from 1952 to 1963 at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and until 1965 at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City with Louis Persinger , Hall Overton and Vincent Persichetti . Until 1968 he was Kapellmeister of the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki, then the Opera in Stockholm . In 1973 he worked at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and then became director of the Helsinki Opera. From 1975 to 1982 he directed the ORF Symphony Orchestra in Vienna, from 1977 to 1987 the Radio Symphony Orchestra Finland , from 1983 to 1989 the State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate and from 1988 to 1995 the Radio Symphony Orchestra Denmark . From 1995 to 2007 he was chief conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra from 2012 to 2019 .
His repertoire includes all of Scandinavian music from Gade to Lindberg as well as German-Austrian early to late Romanticism and the composers of the United States . Segerstam has created 339 symphonies and numerous concerts so far. In 1999 Segerstam was awarded the Nordic Council Music Prize.
literature
- Alexander Rausch : Segerstam, Leif. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .
- Eckhard Roelcke: The baton. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-552-04985-1
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leif Segerstam on BIS Records
- ↑ Leif Segerstam on Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
- ↑ Maarit Kytöharju: Over 300 symphonies in - Leif Segerstam is still going strong. In: News. August 17, 2016. Music Finland. From MusicFinland.com, accessed December 11, 2019.
- ↑ Leif Segerstam. Retrieved June 24, 2020 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Segerstam, Leif |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vaasa |