Leif Segerstam
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. He is widely known through his recordings, including complete symphonies of Blomdahl, Brahms, Mahler, Nielsen, and Sibelius, as well as many works by contemporary composers. He is remembered for his contributions to Finnish music scene, and his vibrant personality. He taught as a professor of orchestra conducting at Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.
Genre: classical, contemporary-classical, orchestral, concerto
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Top Tracks
- Mass in C Major, Op. 86: II. Gloria
- Night on the Bald Mountain
- Pictures at an Exhibition: II. Gnomus
- Mass in C Major, Op. 86: I. Kyrie
- Why Yes Or No
- Mass in C Major, Op. 86: V. Agnus Dei
- Mass in C Major, Op. 86: IV. Sanctus
- Mass in C Major, Op. 86: III. Credo
- Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune (orch. A. Caplet)
- The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43, Act I: Ouverture. Adagio - Allegro molto con brio
- Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op. 112
- Vestas feuer, Hess 115
- Der fliegende Holländer (the Flying Dutchman), Tableau III: Chorus of Norwegian Sailors and Girls
- Tableau II: Chorus of Norwegian Sailors and Girls
- Symphony No. 81, "After Eighty…"
- Nostalgic Thoughts (Excerpt)
- Kullervo, Op. 7: III. Kullervo and His Sister. Allegro vivace
- Kullervo, Op. 7: I. Introduction. Allegro moderato
- Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude
- Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85: No. 1, Introduction
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