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Mariss Jansons

1943 - 2019

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mariss Jansons is the 112th most popular musician (up from 115th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Latvia and the most popular Latvian Musician.

Mariss Jansons is most famous for being the conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic.

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Among musicians, Mariss Jansons ranks 112 out of 3,175. Before him are Keith Jarrett, Charlie Watts, Adrian Smith, Sid Vicious, Sixto Rodriguez, and Thomas Bangalter. After him are Quincy Jones, Till Lindemann, Jascha Heifetz, Duke Ellington, Robert Johnson, and Krist Novoselic.

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Among people born in 1943, Mariss Jansons ranks 50. Before him are Johnny Hallyday, Richard Wright, Mario Monti, Ralph M. Steinman, Griselda Blanco, and Klaus von Klitzing. After him are Mohammad Khatami, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Antonio Tabucchi, Billie Jean King, Helmut Marko, and Johann Deisenhofer. Among people deceased in 2019, Mariss Jansons ranks 30. Before him are Franco Zeffirelli, Doris Day, Marie Fredriksson, Bert Hellinger, Murray Gell-Mann, and João Gilberto. After him are Immanuel Wallerstein, Alexei Leonov, Anna Karina, Demetris Christofias, Michel Legrand, and David Koch.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Mariss Jansons ranks 6 out of 323. Before him are Sergei Eisenstein (1898), Wilhelm Ostwald (1853), Mikhail Tal (1936), Mark Rothko (1903), and Isaiah Berlin (1909). After him are Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948), Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (1937), Kārlis Ulmanis (1877), Nicolai Hartmann (1882), Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717), and Aron Nimzowitsch (1886).

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Among MUSICIANS In Latvia

Among musicians born in Latvia, Mariss Jansons ranks 1. After him are Gidon Kremer (1947), Mischa Maisky (1948), Lūcija Garūta (1902), Arvīds Jansons (1914), Vitas (1979), Jānis Cimze (1814), Imants Kalniņš (1941), and DJ Lethal (1972).

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