
The association that Weinberg enjoyed with some of the finest conductors and instrumental virtuosos in the Soviet Union was a source of vital moral support. This was the case not only during times of severest stress (such as his partial blacklisting following the 1948 ‘anti-formalism’ campaign, and his arrest in early 1953 on trumped-up charges of Zionist agitation) but also later in his life when he kept his distance from all intrigues and avoided the teaching or administrative roles that automatically gave many of his composer colleagues a sense of social purpose. The violinist and conductor Thord Svedlund is a highly experienced and versatile musician. Having studied in Sweden, the USA and The Netherlands, for the last twenty years he has worked as a violinist in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. In 1991 he embarked on a conducting career that has earned him praise by critics and audiences alike. He has conducted several of Sweden’s leading orchestras, including the Gothenburg, Norrköping and Umeå symphony orchestras. He has also worked as co-conductor with Neeme Järvi and Peter Eötvös, and with the latter appeared in critically acclaimed performances of Charles Ives’s extraordinary Fourth Symphony in both Sweden and Germany. He has also been invited to conduct in Shanghai, China. Thord Svedlund has recorded for radio and television on numerous occasions, and his discography presents music by composers ranging from Bach and Haydn to the contemporary Swedish scene.
- Wykonawca Gunnarsson Claes , Jonhall Anders , Claesson Urban
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