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Mariss Jansons

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Mariss Jansons · Arts & Literature

What

Orchestra conductor

When

1943, Riga — 2019, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Where

Latvia · Russia · Netherlands · Germany

Biography

Mariss Jansons is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Orchestra conductor

How & why

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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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Orchestra conductor

1943

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music