Obituary: Mariss Jansons Dies At 76
Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons died last night Nov. 30, 2019 at his home in St. Petersburg, Russia. Jansons, who was 76 years old, died of an apparent longstanding heart condition. Born in Riga, Jansons entered the Leningrad Conservatoryin 1956 to study piano and conducting and continued his training with Hans Swarowsky in Vienna and Herbert Von Karajan in Salzburg. Shortly {…}