Arvīds Jansons

Arvīds Jansons (Liepāja 10 October 1914 – Manchester 21 November 1984) was a Latvian conductor and father of conductor Mariss Jansons.

Jansons studied violin from 1929 until 1935 at the Conservatory of Liepāja, then composition and conducting (under Leo Blech) at the Conservatory of Riga (1940–1944) while working as violinist at Riga Opera. In 1944 he was appointed conductor of Riga Opera, then 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.

He was principal guest conductor of The Hallé orchestra from 1965. Jansons collapsed and died while conducting a concert with The Hallé. He is buried next to Karl Eliasberg in Volkovo Cemetery, Saint Petersburg.^[1]

Recordings

Melodiya

• César Franck; Symphony
• Franz Liszt; Symphonic poem Tasso, 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 (Sweden)

• Hilding Rosenberg; Violin Concerto No. 2, Leon Spierer, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Radio Archives

BBC

• Dmitri Shostakovich; Symphony No. 5 and Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty (1971)
• Gustav Mahler; Symphony No. 5 (1984, final performance, sound archive of the British Library)

References

1. ^ Волковское кладбище, Музей-некрополь "Литераторские мостки"

Persondata
Name	Jansons, Arvīds
Alternative names
Short description	Latvian conductor
Date of birth	10 October 1914
Place of birth	Liepāja, Latvia
Date of death	21 November 1984
Place of death	Manchester, England