Pro Memoriam
Berglund is said to have maintained his interest in music until the very end; he had news on musicians of younger generations read to him daily. In addition to his family Berglund will be missed by musicians, orchestras, colleagues and audiences all over the world. The representative of the old, authoritarian school conductor can still be heard and appreciated through his extensive recordings.
The Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat interviewed the conductor Kurt Masur by telephone from Leipzig on occasion of the passing of Mr Berglund. "Paavo was one of my oldest friends. The world has lost one of its greatest conductors, and my thoughts are with his wife Kirsti and his family", said Mr Masur.
Berglund was buried in Helsinki on February 4, 2012.
He was survived by his wife, Kirsti; son, Juha; daughters, Liisa Kylmänen and Eeva Berglund; and five grandchildren.
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