Over the next two years, a collection of source material will take place on Herbert Blomstedt and his activities as a conductor, while the collection will be supplemented with material from various mass media, concert halls and universities around the world, including some research in San Francisco. In a unique collaboration with the Swedish National Orchestra GSO, a living documentation will be carried out. Blomstedt's many years of activity have left important traces around the world, especially in the orchestras where he has been chief conductor. Swedish musicological research has a unique opportunity to document one of the greatest conductors of our time, a conductor who "happens" to be Swedish. There is no similar documentation of a living musical cultural personality and we expect great international interest in the work.