Herbert Blomstedt
Born: 27th July 1927, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality: American-Swedish
Born in Massachusetts to Swedish parents in 1927, Blomstedt received his musical education in Stockholm and Uppsala and studied with Igor Markevitch, Leonard Bernstein and Paul Sacher, with early successes including the 1953 Koussevitzky Conducting Prize and the Salzburg Conducting Competition two years later.