Paavo Berglund

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Paavo Berglund (born April 14, 1929 in Helsinki ; † January 25, 2012 there ; actually: Paavo Allan Engelbert Berglund ) was a Finnish conductor .

Career

Berglund first studied violin at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and was a member of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra . In 1949 he founded his own chamber orchestra and was involved in the founding of the Helsinki Chamber Orchestra in 1953 . In 1956 he became conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and was then chief conductor of this orchestra from 1962 to 1972. In 1975 he became music director of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra .

Paavo Berglund also directed many important orchestras outside Finland and was their chief or first guest conductor, for example with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (from 1965 to 1979), with whom he recorded many works for EMI . From 1981 to 1985 he was principal guest conductor with the Scottish National Orchestra . He has also conducted the Berlin Philharmonic , the London Symphony Orchestra , the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden , the St. Petersburg and Moscow Philharmonic, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra .

reception

Berglund was particularly valued for his interpretations of the works of his compatriot Jean Sibelius and recorded all of his symphonies three times for the record. In the mid-1950s, Sibelius himself was still able to hear performances of his works conducted by Berglund in his old age and held him in high regard. Berglund also conducted the first recording of the Kullervo Symphony and was involved in the new edition of the 7th Symphony . In addition to Sibelius, Berglund campaigned for other Scandinavian composers of the 20th century, such as Aulis Sallinen and Joonas Kokkonen .

His discography also includes works by Johannes Brahms (complete symphonies with Ondine), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Edvard Grieg , Carl Nielsen (complete symphonies with Red Seal ) and Dmitri Shostakovich .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Conductor Paavo Berglund died , accessed January 26, 2012
  2. ^ Paavo Berglund, obituary in the telegraph
  3. Paavo Berglund, Finnish Conductor Dies at 82, Published in The New York Times: February 1, 2012
  4. ^ Paavo Berglund, Obituary in the Guardian
  5. Paavo Berglund, Berlin Philharmonic Appreciation ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.berliner-philharmoniker.de