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Arvīds Jansons

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Birth Date:
23.10.1914
Death date:
21.11.1984
Extra names:
Arvīds Jansons, Арвид Янсонс, Арвид Кришевич Янсонс (Янсон), Kriša dēls
Categories:
Conductor, Professor, Violinist,fiddler
Nationality:
 latvian
Cemetery:
Literatorskie Mostki

Arvīds Jansons ( 10 October 1914, Liepāja – 21 November 1984, Manchester) was a Latvian conductor and father of conductor Mariss Jansons.

Jansons 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 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. He is buried next to Karl Eliasberg in Volkovo Cemetery, Saint Petersburg.

Recordings

For Melodiya

  • César Franck; Symphony
  • Franz Liszt; Symphonic poem Tasso, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky; Suite No. 1 and Symphony No. 3 Polish Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Manuel de Falla; El amor brujo with Irina Arkhipova.

Caprice Records (sv), Sweden

  • Hilding Rosenberg; Violin Concerto No. 2, Leon Spierer, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Radio archives

BBC

  • Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty (1971)
  • Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (1984, final performance, sound archive of the British Library)

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1
        Katrīne JansoneMother10.03.188010.08.1967
        2Mariss  JansonsMariss JansonsSon14.01.194301.12.2019
        3
        Eduards Jansons HenkūzensBrother00.00.190500.00.1970
        4
        Mirdza ĀbolaSister03.05.191216.09.1996
        5Iraīda JansoneIraīda JansoneWife00.00.191125.11.2003
        6
        Hermanis BlumenfeldsFather in-law21.05.187500.00.1941
        7Irina  ArkhipovaIrina ArkhipovaCoworker02.01.192511.02.2010
        8Vija MuškeVija MuškeFamiliar09.02.192703.10.1988
        9Herbert von KarajanHerbert von KarajanFamiliar05.04.190816.07.1989
        10Valentina  LevkoValentina LevkoFamiliar13.08.192614.08.2018
        11Leo BlehsLeo BlehsTeacher21.04.187125.08.1958
        12Lūcija GarūtaLūcija GarūtaTeacher14.05.190215.02.1977
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