Music
Mariss Jansons
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Studied here
Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre
Studied conducting at the Leningrad Conservatory (former Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre site); later taught there for decades.
Performed here
Shostakovich Philharmonia Grand Hall
Assistant to Mravinsky then regular conductor of the Leningrad/St Petersburg Philharmonic until 1999; home hall is todays Shostakovich Philharmonia Grand Hall.
Lived here
Tolstoy House Courtyards
Kept a Petersburg home with his score collection in the Tolstoy House; died there 1 December 2019.
Traces in other cities
- Riga
- Mikhail Chekhov Riga Russian Theatre — Mariss Jansons conducted performances at the Mikhail Chekhov Riga Russian Theatre.
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