CONDUCTOR

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leif Segerstam has received more than 236,477 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Leif Segerstam is the 33rd most popular conductor (up from 36th in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Finland (down from 70th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Leif Segerstam ranks 33 out of 128. Before him are Yuri Temirkanov, Fritz Reiner, Franz Danzi, James Levine, George Szell, and John Eliot Gardiner. After him are Václav Neumann, Charles Dutoit, Eliahu Inbal, Simon Rattle, John Philip Sousa, and Serge Koussevitzky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Leif Segerstam ranks 187. Before him are Jacques Doillon, Michael Rosbash, Ton Koopman, Craig T. Nelson, Pierre Deligne, and Kim Yong-il. After him are Terry Funk, Steve Fossett, Robert Powell, Peter Cetera, Kay Parker, and Dennis Farina. Among people deceased in 2024, Leif Segerstam ranks 115. Before him are Jan Assmann, Philippe de Gaulle, Veljko Bulajić, Renato Martino, Ratan Tata, and Bernd Hölzenbein. After him are Frans de Waal, Bill Viola, Vaino Väljas, Philippe Leroy, Choe Thae-bok, and James Herbert Brennan.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Leif Segerstam ranks 74 out of 751. Before him are Jaakko Hintikka (1929), Eero Aarnio (1932), Juha Kankkunen (1959), Marco Hietala (1966), Juhani Aho (1861), and Aarre Merikanto (1893). After him are Paavo Lipponen (1941), Petteri Orpo (1969), Ernst Linder (1868), Peter Forsskål (1732), Pekka Haavisto (1958), and Henri Toivonen (1956).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Finland

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

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