Arvīds Jansons, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arvīds Jansons

Latvian conductor

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1914

Place of Birth: Liepāja, Latvia

Date of Death: 21-Nov-1984

Profession: conductor, violinist, university teacher, music pedagogue

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Arvids Jansons (10 October 1914 – 21 November 1984) was a Latvian conductor and father of conductor Mariss Jansons. Jansons was born in Liepaja.
He studied violin from 1929 until 1935 at the Conservatory of Liepaja, 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 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.