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Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons was a male conductor and music educator born in Riga in 1943. He was educated at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Jansons studied under Hans Swarowsky and taught Andris Nelsons. He played the piano and organ and was associated with the classical music genre. His career included roles with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and Oslo Philharmonic. He was also a member of the Vienna Philharmonic and Berlin Philharmonic.
Jansons received several awards, including the Bavarian Order of Merit, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, and Order of the Three Stars. He held citizenship in the Soviet Union, Latvia, and Russia. He was a Lutheran and recorded for EMI. Jansons died of heart disease in Saint Petersburg in 2019. He is buried at Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways. His father was Arvīds Jansons.
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Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons (born 14 January 1943) is a Latvian conductor, the son of conductor Arvīds Jansons and the singer Iraida Jansone.
Known for
- Beethoven: Mass in C Major — Conductor2018
- Mozart: Requiem KV 626 – Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons — Himself2017
- Europakonzert 2017 from Cyprus — Conductor2017
- New Year's Concert 2016 — Conductor2016
- Mariss Jansons conducts: Dvořák – Stabat Mater — Conductor2016
- Antonín Dvořák: Stabat Mater op.582015
- Around the World in 50 Concerts2014
- Mariss Jansons conducts Giuseppe Verdi. Messa da requiem — Conductor2014
- Beethoven · Die Symphonien — Himself2013
- MARISS JANSONS CONDUCTS - BEETHOVEN & STRAUSS — Dirigent2013
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Latvia
- Active from
- 1943
- Active to
- 2019
Discography
- マーラー:交響曲第1番「巨人」・第9番 ヤンソンス/オスロpo.2003
- ストラヴィンスキー:バレエ音楽「春の祭典」・「ペトルーシュカ」 ヤンソンス/オスロpo.2004
- シベリウス;交響曲第1番/ブリテン;青少年のための管弦楽入門 他 ヤンソンス/BRSO2005
- シベリウス:交響曲第3番&第5番 ヤンソンス/オスロpo.2005
- ショスタコーヴィチ:交響曲13番「バビ・ヤール」 ヤンソンス/BRSO2005
- ショスタコーヴィチ:交響曲第11番「1905年」/ジャズ組曲第1番・第2番 ヤンソンス/フィラデルフィアo.2005
- ショスタコーヴィチ:交響曲第15番/ピアノ協奏曲第2番 ヤンソンス/LPO ルディ(P)2005
- ショスタコーヴィチ:交響曲第1番/ピアノ協奏曲第1番 ヤンソンス/BPO ルディ(P)2005
- ショスタコーヴィチ:交響曲第4番 ヤンソンス/BRSO2005
- ショスタコーヴィチ:交響曲第6番&第9番 ヤンソンス/オスロpo.2005
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Mariss Jansons (born January 14, 1943) is a Latvian conductor, the son of conductor Arvīds Jansons. His mother, the singer Iraida Jansons, who was Jewish, gave birth to him in hiding in Riga, Latvia, after her father and brother were killed in the Riga ghetto. As a child, he first studied violin with his father. In 1946, his father won second prize in a national competition and was chosen by Evgeny Mravinsky to be his assistant at the Leningrad Philharmonic. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/M
Key facts
- Born
- Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons , ( 1943-01-14 ) 14 January 1943, Riga , Reichskommissariat Ostland , Nazi Germany , (now Riga, Latvia )
- Died
- 1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) (aged 76) , Saint Petersburg , Russia
- Citizenship
- Russia , Latvia
- Occupation
- Conductor
- Organizations
- Oslo Philharmonic Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Relatives
- Arvīds Jansons (father)
- Awards
- Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Riga
- Place of death
- Saint Petersburg
- Father
- Arvīds Jansons
- Occupation
- music educator
- Employer
- Oslo Philharmonic
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Student of
- Hans Swarowsky
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- organ
- Record label
- EMI
- Image
- Maestro Mariss Jansons, wahrscheinlich bester lebender Dirigent (19469692152) (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1943-01-14
- Commons category
- Mariss Jansons
- member of
- Berlin Philharmonic
- date of death
- 2019-11-30
- birth name
- Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons
- cause of death
- heart disease
- student
- Andris Nelsons
- place of burial
- Volkovo Cemetery Writer's Walkways
- start of work period
- 1972-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons (14 January 1943 – 1 December 2019) was a Latvian conductor, best known for his interpretations of Mahler, Strauss, and Russian composers such as Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Shostakovich. During his lifetime he was often cited as among the world's leading conductors; in a 2015 Bachtrack poll, he was ranked by music critics as the world's third best living conductor. Jansons was long associated with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BRSO; 2003–2019) and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO; 2004–2015) as music director.
Born in Riga, Latvia, Jansons moved to Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in 1956, where he studied conducting, and he received further training in Austria. He first achieved prominence with the Oslo Philharmonic, where he served as music director from 1979 to 2000. Besides the BRSO and RCO, he also directed the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1997 to 2004; he was a frequent guest conductor with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra. Jansons recorded prolifically, and was the recipient of numerous awards.
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