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Mariss Jansons was born on 14 January under German occupation in the Latvian capital Riga.

Born in in the Latvian capital, Riga, Jansons studied violin, viola, piano and conducting in St. Petersburg, and continued his studies with.

Born in in Riga as the son of the conductor Arvīds Jansons, he completed his musical education (violin, piano, conducting) at the.

Acclaimed Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons is only the sixth chief conductor in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam's year.

In honor of our long-standing Chief Conductor Mariss Jansons, who passed away on December 1, , we performed Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2.

Born in in Riga as the son of the conductor Arvīds Jansons, he completed his musical education (violin, piano, conducting) at the..

Mariss Jansons

Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons was born in Riga on 14 January , where his Jewish singer mother, Iraida Jansons, was in hiding from the Nazis.

He studied violin with his father, conductor Arvīds Jansons, who became assistant to Yevgeny Mravinsky at the Leningrad Philharmonic.

Mariss Jansons studied piano and conducting at the Leningrad Conservatory, then studied in Vienna with Hans Swarowsky and in Salzburg with Herbert von Karajan.

He was associate conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic from , and music director of the Oslo Philharmonic from until From he was principal guest conductor of the London Philharmonic, and also worked as a guest conductor with the London Symphony Orchestra.

From until he was music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. From until he was chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Mariss Jansons ()

He was chief conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra from until his death from heart disease at his