Herbert Blomstedt

✶July 11, 1927

†November 4, 2026

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About their life

Herbert Thorson Blomstedt was a Swedish conductor of classical music. He was conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden, the San Francisco Symphony and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He continued to conduct concerts aged 99 in Europe, the United States and Japan; although he cancelled several concerts since suffering a health issue while conducting the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in May 2026.

Swedish conductor

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Biography from the article Herbert Blomstedt on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.