Obituaries
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor of great orchestras for seven decades, dies at 99 November 4, 20263:11 PM ETHerbert Blomstedt conducts the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig in April 2026, at the age of 98. Jan Woitas/picture alliance/Getty Images hide caption
Jan Woitas/picture alliance/Getty ImagesHerbert Blomstedt, an American-born, Swedish conductor whose remarkably long career saw him leading many of the world's major orchestras, including the San Francisco Symphony for 10 years, died on Wednesday at his home in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was 99.
