Mariss Jansons
Mariss Jansons · Arts & Literature
Orchestra conductor
1943, Riga — 2019, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Latvia · Russia · Netherlands · Germany
Mariss Jansons is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Orchestra conductor
Mariss Jansons, one of the most admired conductors of his era, led the Royal Concertgebouw and Bavarian Radio Symphony orchestras. He was born in hiding in Nazi-occupied Riga to his Jewish mother, the singer Iraida, whose father and brother were murdered in the Riga ghetto.
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Orchestra conductor
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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