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Leif Segerstam

1944 - Today

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Leif Selim Segerstam ( LAYF, Swedish: [ˈlɛjf ˈsěːɡɛʂʈam]; born 2 March 1944) is a Finnish conductor, composer, violinist, violist and pianist, especially known for writing 371 symphonies (as of January 2024), along with other works in his extensive oeuvre. Segerstam has conducted a variety of orchestras since 1963; mostly American, Australian and European. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leif Segerstam has received more than 191,603 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Leif Segerstam is the 36th most popular conductor (up from 44th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Finland (up from 101st in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Conductor.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Leif Segerstam ranks 36 out of 97. Before him are Simon Rattle, Franz Danzi, James Levine, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Fritz Reiner, and George Szell. After him are Antal Doráti, John Barbirolli, Eliahu Inbal, Charles Munch, Colin Davis, and José Antonio Abreu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Leif Segerstam ranks 162. Before him are Willem van Hanegem, Frances de la Tour, Michel Polnareff, John Glover, Masanobu Izumi, and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester. After him are Dennis Wilson, G. W. Bailey, Bernard Tschumi, Herbert Wimmer, António Mascarenhas Monteiro, and Kelly Bishop.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Leif Segerstam ranks 70 out of 642. Before him are Bengt Holmström (1949), Ville Ritola (1896), Ilmari Juutilainen (1914), Eino Leino (1878), Peter Forsskål (1732), and Clas Thunberg (1893). After him are Paavo Lipponen (1941), Minna Canth (1844), Edvard Westermarck (1862), Jaakko Hintikka (1929), Matti Järvinen (1909), and Henri Toivonen (1956).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Finland

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

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