VIENNA 〓 Mariss Jansons has been awarded Honorary Membership in the Vienna Philharmonic

2018/06/07
【最終更新日】2019/11/03

Maestro Mariss Jansons has been awarded Honorary Membership in the Vienna Philharmonic. The orchestra’s chairman, Daniel Froschauer, presented the award on June 5. The Latvian conductor conducted the Vienna Philharmonic for the first time in April 1992. Since them, Jansons has conducted the Vienna Philharmonic on 110 occasions, including three New Year’s Concerts in the years 2006, 2012 and 2016.About 50 honorary members such as Richard Strauss, Wilhelm Furtwängler, composers, conductors, singers, etc. were selected in the past, Seiji Ozawa was the only Japanese to be selected in 2010.

Photo:Mariss Jansons / Peter Meisel

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