Arvīds Jansons
Latvian conductor (1914–1984)
Arvīds Jansons (10 October 1914 – 21 November 1984) was a Latvian conductor and father of conductor Mariss Jansons.
Biography
Jansons was born in Liepāja.
He studied violin from 1929 until 1935 at the Conservatory of Liepāja, then composition and conducting (under Leo Blech) at the Conservatory of Riga from 1940 until 1944 while working as violinist at Riga Opera.
In 1944 he was appointed conductor of Riga Opera, then of the Latvian Radio Orchestra (1947–1952). In 1952 he was appointed reserve conductor, and tour conductor, of the Leningrad Philharmonic behind Yevgeny Mravinsky and Kurt Sanderling.
Jansons became principal guest conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in 1965.
He collapsed and died from a heart attack in 1984 while conducting a concert with the Hallé in Manchester. He is buried next to Karl Eliasberg in Volkovo Cemetery, Saint Petersburg.
Recordings
For Melodiya
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World) USSR Symphony Orchestra
César Franck; Symphony in D minor
Franz Liszt; Symphonic poem Tasso, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrei Petrov: Poem, for strings, organ, four trumpets, and percussion Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Pyotr Tchaikovsky; Suite No.
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