Musicians - Leif Segerstam

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Leif Segerstam (born March 2, 1944) is a Finnish conductor and composer.

He is currently the chief conductor of Helsinki Philharmonic. He has held positions with numerous other orchestras, including the Danish National Radio Symphony and the Austrian Radio Symphony, and guest conducted many orchestras throughout the world including the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Toronto Symphony.

He is widely known through his recorded discography, which includes the complete symphonies of Sibelius, Nielsen, and Mahler, as well as many works by contemporary composers -- both Finnish composers such as Einojuhani Rautavaara as well as Americans such as John Corigliano and Christopher Rouse.

As a composer, he is known especially for his numerous symphonies (which number more than 150) and his series of "Orchestral Diary Sheets", many of which are intended to be performed without a conductor. He developed a personal approach to aleatory through a style called "free pulsation" in which musical events interact in time flexibly.

In 1999, he was awarded the Nordic Council Music Prize for his work as a "tireless champion of Scandanavian Music."

He is also known for his odd use of the English Language, and a has been compiled by Dale Gold, Principal Double Bass of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

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