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Leif Segerstam

1944 - 2024

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Leif Selim Segerstam ( LAYF, 2 March 1944 – 9 October 2024) was a Finnish conductor, composer, violinist, violist, and pianist, especially known for writing over 300 symphonies, along with other works. From 1963 onward Segerstam conducted a variety of orchestras in Europe, the Americas and Australia. He was conductor at the Finnish National Opera, the Royal Swedish Opera and Deutsche Oper Berlin, and was chief conductor of the ORF Symphony Orchestra, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, the Danish National Radio Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. He is widely known through his recordings, including the complete symphonies of Blomdahl, Brahms, Mahler, Nielsen, and Sibelius, as well as many works by contemporary composers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leif Segerstam is the 29th most popular conductor (up from 33rd in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Finland (up from 74th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Leif Segerstam ranks 29 out of 128. Before him are Leopold Stokowski, Serge Koussevitzky, Georg Solti, Franz Danzi, Eugen Jochum, and Charles Dutoit. After him are Simon Rattle, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Václav Neumann, James Levine, Pierre Monteux, and John Philip Sousa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Leif Segerstam ranks 177. Before him are Odd Nerdrum, Herbert Wimmer, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Adriano Galliani, Robert C. Merton, and Mauro Piacenza. After him are Karen Armstrong, Pattie Boyd, Albert Hammond, Kiri Te Kanawa, Chung Hong-won, and Yoshio Kikugawa. Among people deceased in 2024, Leif Segerstam ranks 127. Before him are Frans de Waal, Paul Di'Anno, Shannen Doherty, William Russell, Neale Fraser, and James Sikking. After him are Sergei Novikov, Norman Jewison, Bernd Hölzenbein, William Labov, Antonio Skármeta, and Ali Hassan Mwinyi.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Leif Segerstam ranks 68 out of 751. Before him are Fredrik Idestam (1838), Tom of Finland (1920), Lasse Virén (1949), Eino Leino (1878), Ville Ritola (1896), and Eero Saarinen (1910). After him are Väinö Linna (1920), Tapio Wirkkala (1915), Minna Canth (1844), Petteri Orpo (1969), Jaakko Hintikka (1929), and Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Finland

Among conductors born in Finland, Leif Segerstam ranks 1. After him are Robert Kajanus (1856), Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958), Paavo Berglund (1929), Jorma Panula (1930), Jukka-Pekka Saraste (1956), Okko Kamu (1946), and Osmo Vänskä (1953).

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