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HELSINKI — The prolific Finnish conductor and composer Leif Segerstam, who was some of the colourful personalities within the Nordic nation’s classical music scene, shall be remembered in a tribute occasion on the Finnish Nationwide Opera following his funeral subsequent month, his household stated Monday.
His son Jan Segerstam advised The Related Press that the Nov. eight memorial for his father, who died in Helsinki on Oct. 9 at age 80 from problems following pneumonia, will showcase his musical historical past and embrace musical tributes for the artist who composed his first work at age 6 and was additionally a violinist.
As a composer, Segerstam grew to become identified for creating 371 symphonies, which he claimed was a world file. The massive quantity is partly defined by the brevity of many works.
Even sickness didn’t cease his composing.
“He was creating music on the hospital, along with visiting music mates, nonetheless a couple of days earlier than his demise,” his son stated.
The final symphony created by Segerstam premiered in Helsinki throughout his 80th birthday in March. In an interview by Finnish information company STT to mark his birthday, he stated conducting an orchestra supported his composer’s work, because it provides “a deeper data of the soul lifetime of the tunes.”
From 1963 on, he performed a wide range of orchestras in Europe, together with the Finnish Nationwide Opera, the Royal Swedish Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
He additionally guest-conducted for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Born within the coastal metropolis of Vaasa in western Finland, Segerstam was introduced up in a musical household. He initially educated as a violinist and pianist and studied on the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and The Juilliard College in New York.
From 1997 till 2013, he was a professor of orchestra conducting on the Sibelius Academy, the place his college students included now-prominent Finnish and worldwide conductors.
“Leif was a really colourful human being,” his son stated. “He was a peculiar one that lived by way of the sentiments of his music. That was his context. For many individuals coming from a extra typical background, he gave the impression to be an eccentric.”
Segerstam was married and divorced twice and is survived by 5 youngsters from the 2 marriages.
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