Arvīds Jansons
Arvīds Jansons (10 October 1914 – 21 November 1984) was a Latvian conductor and father of conductor Mariss Jansons.
Also recorded as Arvid Yansons
Arvīds Jansons
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- Born
- 1914 · Liepāja.
- Died
- 1984 · Manchester.
- Nationality
- Latvia · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- conductor · music educator · university teacher · violinist · musician
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music
- Honours
- Stalin Prize · People's Artist of the USSR · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Order of Friendship of Peoples · Order of the Badge of Honour · Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
- Languages
- Latvian
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Arvīds Jansons (10 October 1914 – 21 November 1984) was a Latvian conductor and father of conductor Mariss Jansons.
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Biography
Arvīds Jansons studied at Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. Ari Angervo and Antal Jancsovics are recorded as having studied under Arvīds Jansons. The recorded working language is Latvian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Order of Friendship of Peoples.
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.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Arvid Yansons. His recorded language was Latvian. One child is recorded: Mariss Jansons.
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Arvīds Jansons is recorded as having received Stalin Prize, People's Artist of the USSR and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
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Life and career
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1984
Arvīds Jansons died at Manchester.
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Liepāja.
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Manchester.
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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. 1 and Symphony No. 3 Polish Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra • Manuel de Falla; El amor brujo with Irina Arkhipova. Caprice Records (Sweden), Sweden • Hilding Rosenberg; Violin Concerto No. 2, Leon Spierer, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
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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)
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Arvīds Jansons received Stalin Prize, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order of the Badge of Honour and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
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- 1.Christian Krügel, Egbert Tholl: „Halb ähnlich, halb verschieden“: Interview mit Mariss Jansons zum 100. Geburtstag von Arvid Jansons. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 11. Oktober 2014, S. 41
- 2.Kristina Wuss: Verwobene Kulturen im Baltikum. Zwei Musikgeschichten in Lettland von 1700 bis 1945. Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-7308-1478-9, S. 190–191.
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Arvīds Jansons studied at Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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