GEHRING, JOSEF (, Austria–), violinist in the Turku Musical Society from 1823, who was invited to become concertmaster of the new Helsinki Musical Society in 1827, after the great fire in Turku of 1827 and the removal of the university to Helsinki in 1828.
Gehring was an Austrian violinist and conductor who worked in Finland for about ten years. Invited to join the Turku Musical Society's orchestra as a violinist in 1823 after a successful concert tour of Helsinki,...