Mariss jansons conductor biography of william

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.

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