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Arvīds Jansons

1914 - 1984

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Arvīds Jansons (10 October 1914 – 21 November 1984) was a Latvian conductor and father of conductor Mariss Jansons. Jansons was born in Liepāja. He studied violin from 1929 until 1935 at the Conservatory of Liepāja, then composition and conducting (under Leo Blech) at the Conservatory of Riga from 1940 until 1944 while working as violinist at Riga Opera. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arvīds Jansons has received more than 41,820 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Arvīds Jansons is the 971st most popular musician (down from 830th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Latvia (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Latvian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Arvīds Jansons ranks 971 out of 3,175. Before him are Moya Brennan, Theodor Kullak, Barney Kessel, Peter Brötzmann, Dimebag Darrell, and Matisyahu. After him are Eddy Grant, Tuomas Holopainen, Gábor Szabó, Corey Taylor, Candy Dulfer, and Daron Malakian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Arvīds Jansons ranks 208. Before him are Shaken Aimanov, Bertus Aafjes, Josep Escolà, Norman Holter, Haroun Tazieff, and Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury. After him are Mihailo Lalić, Viktor Grishin, Gisèle Casadesus, Alf Prøysen, Hovhannes Shiraz, and Jacques Dufilho. Among people deceased in 1984, Arvīds Jansons ranks 134. Before him are Giuseppe Tucci, K. D. Jadhav, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Flora Robson, Gaëtan Dugas, and Lillian Hellman. After him are Lola Anglada, Roberto Porta, Janaki Ammal, Sam Jaffe, Jackie Wilson, and Hovhannes Shiraz.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Arvīds Jansons ranks 101 out of 323. Before him are Krišjānis Barons (1835), Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz (1824), Laima Vaikule (1954), Vizma Belševica (1931), Vilhelms Purvītis (1872), and Vija Artmane (1929). After him are Anatoly Solovyev (1948), Alexander von Keyserling (1815), Morris Halle (1923), Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen (1913), Johann Gerhard König (1728), and Jānis Krūmiņš (1930).

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Among MUSICIANS In Latvia

Among musicians born in Latvia, Arvīds Jansons ranks 4. Before him are Mariss Jansons (1943), Gidon Kremer (1947), and Mischa Maisky (1948). After him are Vitas (1979), Lūcija Garūta (1902), Imants Kalniņš (1941), Jānis Cimze (1814), and DJ Lethal (1972).

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