MUSICIANmilestones...recent obits of classical and traditional popular music performers and composers
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Thursday, February 11, 2016
Ulf Söderblom (5 February 1930 – 4 February 2016)
Ulf Söderblom was a Finnish conductor and music professor. He was the Principal Conductor of the Finnish National Opera from 1973 to 1993 and was a key figure in the revival of the Savonlinna Opera Festival. A champion of Finnish music, he has conducted the world premieres of several works by Finnish composers including Kokkonen's The Last Temptations and Sallinen's Kullervo and The Horseman.
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