Herbert Blomstedt

Swedish-American conductor, born 11 July 1927 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA and raised in Sweden.

He has been Music Director or Principal Conductor of the [a328834] (1954–62), [a900448] (1962–68), [a5558626] (1967–77), [a380036], (1977–82), [a578737] (1975–85), San Francisco Symphony (1985–95), [a3103680] (1996–98) and [a522210] (1998–2005).