Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons (14 January 1943 – 1 December 2019) was a Latvian

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, best known for his interpretations of

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, and Russian composers such as

Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer during the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular ...

Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of ...

, and

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. During his lifetime he was often cited as among the world's leading conductors; in a 2015 ''

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'' poll, he was ranked by music critics as the world's third best living conductor. Jansons was long associated with the

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(BRSO; 2003–2019) and

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(RCO; 2004–2015) as music director. Born in

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, Latvia, Jansons moved to Leningrad (now

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) in 1956, where he studied conducting, and he received further training in Austria. He first achieved prominence with the

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, where he served as music director from 1979 to 2000. Besides the BRSO and RCO, he also directed the

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from 1997 to 2004; he was a frequent guest conductor with the

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and

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. Jansons recorded prolifically, and was the recipient of numerous awards.

Early life

Jansons was born in

, Latvia—then under German occupation during the

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—to Iraida Jansons, the

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of the Riga Opera, and

Arvīds Jansons Arvīds Jansons (10 October 1914 – 21 November 1984) was a Latvian conductor and father of conductor Mariss Jansons. Jansons was born in Liepāja. He studied violin from 1929 until 1935 at the Conservatory of Liepāja, then composition and ...

, conductor of the opera orchestra. Iraida, who was Jewish, gave birth to her son in hiding after being smuggled out of the

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, where her father and brother were murdered by the Nazis. As a child, Jansons first studied violin with his father. In 1956, Arvīds was appointed assistant conductor to

Yevgeny Mravinsky Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Mravinsky () (19 January 1988) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, pianist, and music pedagogue; he was a professor at Leningrad State Conservatory. Biography Mravinsky was born in Saint Petersburg. The soprano Yevgen ...

at the

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. Jansons joined his father in Leningrad, where he began to study conducting, and soon entered the

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. In 1968,

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visited the Soviet Union, and he singled out Jansons and

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from a group of young conductors. Karajan offered Jansons the opportunity to study with him in Berlin, but the Soviet authorities blocked the offer. In 1969, Jansons continued his training with

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, and then in

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with Karajan. In 1971, Jansons won the second prize at the "Herbert von Karajan" International Conducting Competition. Karajan invited Jansons to be his assistant with the

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, but the Soviet authorities blocked Jansons from ever hearing about the offer.

Career

In 1973, Jansons was appointed Associate Conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1979, he was appointed Music Director of the

, with which he performed, recorded and toured extensively. Jansons resigned his Oslo position in 2000 after disputes with the city over the acoustics of the

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. In 1992, Jansons was named Principal Guest Conductor of the

. He worked as a guest conductor with the

and recorded Mahler's Symphony No. 6 with them for the LSO Live label. In 1997, Jansons became the Music Director of the

. His initial contract was for three years, but his subsequent contract renewals were evergreen contracts that required yearly renewal. In June 2002, he announced his resignation, which would become effective in 2004. In April 1996, Jansons nearly died from a severe heart attack while conducting the final pages of ''

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'' in Oslo. He recuperated in Switzerland. Later, surgeons in Pittsburgh fitted an implanted defibrillator in his chest to give his heart an electric jolt if it failed. (Jansons's father had died at a 1984 concert, conducting the Hallé Orchestra.) Jansons stated that he suffered from

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, and this was one reason that he left his American position. At the start of the 2003-2004 season, Jansons began his tenure as Chief Conductor of the

(BRSO), for an initial contract of three years. His commitment with the BRSO was for ten weeks per season. In September 2006, Jansons extended his initial BRSO contract to August 2009. In July 2007, he further extended his contract with the BRSO to August 2012. In April 2011, he extended his BRSO contract to August 2015 in Munich. In June 2013, the BRSO further extended Jansons's contract through August 2018. In May 2015, the BRSO announced another extension of Jansons's contract through 2021. In July 2018, the orchestra announced a further extension of his contract through 2024. He regularly campaigned for the construction of a new concert hall for the orchestra. On 8 November 2019, he conducted his final orchestral concert, at

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with the BRSO and

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. In October 2002, Jansons was named the sixth Chief Conductor of the

(RCO) of Amsterdam, effective 1 September 2004, succeeding

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. His initial Amsterdam contract was for three years, and his commitment in Amsterdam was for twelve weeks per season. In April 2014, the orchestra announced that Jansons was to stand down as chief conductor after the 2014–2015 season. He conducted his final concert as chief conductor of the RCO on 20 March 2015, in the presence of

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and

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. He subsequently held the title of conductor emeritus of the KCO until his death. In 2006, Jansons conducted the

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New Year's Concert for the first time. Also in January 2006, he was awarded MIDEM's Artist of the Year Award in Cannes. In October 2007, Jansons (who was

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) conducted Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra for

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and 7,000 other listeners in the papal audience hall (''Auditorio Paul VI''). Jansons conducted the

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for the second time in 2012, and for the third and final time in 2016.

Personal life

Jansons was married twice. He and his first wife, Ira, had a daughter, called Ilona, who became a pianist. The marriage ended during his tenure in Oslo. Jansons and his second wife Irina (née Outchitel), a former

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, had a home in Saint Petersburg, where Jansons kept his collection of scores. He held both Latvian and Russian citizenship. Jansons died during the night of 30 November 2019 / 1 December 2019 at his home in the

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, Saint Petersburg, as a result of a longstanding heart condition, aged 76.

Awards and recognition

Jansons was awarded various international honours for his achievements, including Commander of the

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from King Harald of Norway and memberships in the

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in London and the

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(Society of Music Friends) in Vienna. He was awarded the St. Hallvard Medal in 1986. In May 2006, he was awarded the

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(2nd class or Grand Commander), Latvia's highest state honour. He was awarded the

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in 2007 and in 2010, the

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. In 2008, Jansons received the

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. Jansons' recording of

's Symphony No. 13 with Sergey Aleksashkin (bass) and the

and Chorus won the

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at the 2006 Grammy Awards. In January 2006 he was awarded a Midem, a Cannes Classical Award as Artist of the Year. In 2007 he was honoured by the German Phono Academy with the

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as Conductor of the Year. In 2011, he was awarded the same title by the German journal ''

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''. Jansons won the

Ernst von Siemens Music Prize The Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (short: Siemens Music Prize, ) is an annual music prize given by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste (Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts) on behalf of the (Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation), established ...

in 2013. On 31 March 2013 Jansons was awarded a medal of honour "For the Merits before St. Petersburg". On 4 October 2013, Jansons received the Grand Merit Cross with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany. On 1 November 2013, Jansons was awarded

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of the

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and received it from Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science

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. In November 2017, the

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awarded Jansons the RPS Gold Medal, with

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presenting the medal to Jansons during a concert with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks) on 24 November 2017 at the

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. Jansons was the 104th recipient of the RPS Gold Medal. In 2018, Jansons was awarded Honorary Membership of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and in June 2018 of the

. On 14 April 2019, Jansons received the

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at the Salzburg Easter Festival. In 2019, he received the Opus Klassik award in the category "Lifetime Achievement”. In 2020, the BRSO posthumously awarded its Karl Amadeus Hartmann Medal to Jansons.

Selected recordings

Jansons is credited on over 190 orchestral recordings. *

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: The Symphonies and Reflections – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BR-KLASSIK 900119) *

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: ''

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'' – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BR-KLASSIK 900121) *

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: ''

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'' – Emily Magee,

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, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BR-KLASSIK 900120) *

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: Symphony No. 7 –

(BR-KLASSIK 403571900100) *

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: ''

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'' – Erin Wall, Mihoko Fujimura, Christian Elsner, Liang Li, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BR-KLASSIK 900142) *

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: Symphony No. 5 – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BR-KLASSIK 900150) *

: Symphony No. 7 – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BR-KLASSIK 403571900101) *

: Symphony No. 9 – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BR-KLASSIK 900151) *

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer. Shostak ...

: Symphony No. 5 – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BR-KLASSIK 900191) *

: Symphony No. 7 – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BR-KLASSIK 900184) *

: Symphony No. 10 – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BR-KLASSIK 900185) *

: Symphony No. 13 – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (EMI) *

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: ''

Eine Alpensinfonie ''An Alpine Symphony'' (''Eine Alpensinfonie''), Op. 64, is a tone poem for large orchestra written by German composer Richard Strauss which premiered in 1915. It is one of Strauss's largest non-operatic works; the score calls for about 12 ...

''/'' Tod und Verklärung'' – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BR-KLASSIK 900148) *

: ''

Four Last Songs The ''Four Last Songs'' (), Op. posth., for soprano and orchestra were composed in 1948 when Strauss was 84. They are – with the exception of the song "Malven" (Mallows), composed later the same year – the final completed works of Richard ...

''/''Vier letzte Lieder'', ''Rosenkavalier-Suite'', ''

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''/''Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche'' – Anja Harteros, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BR-KLASSIK 900707) *

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer during the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popula ...

: '' The Queen of Spades'' – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BR-KLASSIK 900129) * ''Mariss Jansons - His Last Concert: Live at Carnegie Hall'' (Richard Strauss, Brahms; BR-Klassik 900192)

Notes

References

External links

*
Gilbert Kaplan, "Mad About Music: Mariss Jansons". WNYC-FM radio interview, 3 December 2006
* *

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