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Leif Segerstam

Finnish composer and conductor

From: Vaasa, Finland
Active: 1944–2024
Releases: 142

classical
contemporary classical

About

Leif Selim Segerstam ( LAYF, 2 March 1944 – 9 October 2024) was a Finnish music composer, conductor, violinist, violist, and pianist. He is especially best known for writing over 300 symphonies, along with other works. He held many important positions in Finnish music industry both in Finland and around the world.

From 1963 until his death in 2024, Segerstam conducted a variety of orchestras in Finland, Europe, North America, and Australia and New Zealand. He was conductor at Finnish National Opera, Royal Swedish Opera, and Deutsche Oper Berlin, and was a chief conductor of ORF Symphony Orchestra, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Danish National Radio Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, and Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally, Segerstam taught as a professor of orchestra conducting at Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He is remembered for his contributions to the Finnish music scene, and his vibrant personality.

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