MUSICIAN

Mariss Jansons

1943 - 2019

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Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons (14 January 1943 – 1 December 2019) was a Latvian conductor, best known for his interpretations of Mahler, Strauss, and Russian composers such as Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Shostakovich. During his lifetime he was often cited as among the world's leading conductors; in a 2015 Bachtrack poll, he was ranked by music critics as the world's third best living conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mariss Jansons has received more than 449,310 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Mariss Jansons is the 115th most popular musician (up from 132nd in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Musician.

Mariss Jansons is most famous for being the conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mariss Jansons ranks 115 out of 3,175. Before him are Nadia Boulanger, Jascha Heifetz, Henryk Wieniawski, Joe Hisaishi, John Bonham, and Barry Gibb. After him are Lionel Richie, Sid Vicious, Thomas Bangalter, Nick Mason, John Dowland, and Neil Young.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Mariss Jansons ranks 46. Before him are Richard Wright, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Gianni Rivera, Mario Monti, Carlos Alberto Parreira, and Hanna Schygulla. After him are Helmut Marko, Michael Mann, Klaus von Klitzing, Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Billie Jean King, and Pervez Musharraf. Among people deceased in 2019, Mariss Jansons ranks 29. Before him are Beji Caid Essebsi, Zhores Alferov, João Gilberto, Bert Hellinger, Michel Legrand, and Marie Fredriksson. After him are Marie Laforêt, Bibi Andersson, Doris Day, Albert Finney, Andrea Camilleri, and B. J. Habibie.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Mariss Jansons ranks 6 out of 323. Before him are Sergei Eisenstein (1898), Wilhelm Ostwald (1853), Mark Rothko (1903), Mikhail Tal (1936), and Isaiah Berlin (1909). After him are Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948), Nicolai Hartmann (1882), Kārlis Ulmanis (1877), Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (1937), Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717), and Jacob Kettler (1610).

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Among MUSICIANS In Latvia

Among musicians born in Latvia, Mariss Jansons ranks 1. After him are Gidon Kremer (1947), Mischa Maisky (1948), Arvīds Jansons (1914), Vitas (1979), Lūcija Garūta (1902), Imants Kalniņš (1941), Jānis Cimze (1814), and DJ Lethal (1972).

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