Advanced to Olympus. Maris Jansons

The symphony orchestra, whose rehearsals were sung by Federico Fellini, is an arena on which the main events of classical music are unfolding today. There are hundreds of symphonic orchestras in the world. The Symphony Orchestra of the city is one of its persons, such as the famous architectural monument, historical event, folk fun, industrial giant or sports arena. Names such as Boston Symphony, London Royal, VR orchestra (Bavarian radio, Munich) and so on, they say a lot to professionals and sophisticated Amateurs - music lovers. The conductor, as you know, is the one who drives all this car (100 people with musical instruments at the ready) into action, like the creator, breathing the soul into a finished but lifeless body. In general, as Rimsky-Korsakov used to say, the conductor’s dark affair. As it turns out in others (and others do not, it doesn’t work) is one of the greatest mysteries of music. The gesture as the main lever of influence, speech, administrative resource and, finally, the intangible asset is a kind of energy impact, special magnetism or charisma. The ability to inspire your beliefs. It will not be easier for conductors than politicians, although they need to convince and not millions of population, but a hundred specific musicians, but each of this hundreds understands too well what we are talking about, and does not like the conductor in advance, for many reasons that there is no need to spread about, since we will talk about a conductor, whom for some reason everything, with anyone, love. Let's take a look at the rating* of the best orchestras of the world of the past season, published in the magazine Gramophone. 8 out of twenty positions are held by North American orchestras (to the question of a low level of classical culture in this country). Three of our orchestras (two St. Petersburg and one Moscow) on 14, 15 and 16 line. Berlin, Vienna and London ahead is traditional. Japanese and Czechs in the tail. On the first line is the concertgebau orchestra from Amsterdam. On the sixth - the Bavarian radio orchestra, Munich. By both, without exaggeration, the great groups are led by 66-year-old Maris Jansons, a Russian passport Russian, Latvian by nationality, a Petersburger in “registration” (his apartment is in the famous “Tolstoy house” on a fountain, whose yards in the style of Modern with lanterns on chains in the arches became one of the visiting cards of St. Petersburg Modern). To the question of what the main conductor of the orchestra, maestro Jansons, is not only one of the most significant musicians of today, but also from those that make the weather in this sky, modestly and thoroughly begins to answer, explaining how well to have their own orchestra and realize his plans consistently. So the young conductor could reason, who finally received a place somewhere in a deep province. The hereditary musician, the son of conductor Arvid Jansons, who was the second conductor of “Merit” ** when Mravinsky was, Maris studied in St. Petersburg and took his first steps here. In his youth, he was lucky enough to learn in Vienna, to move in Salzburg, at the most prestigious of European festivals, under the eye of Karayan. Nevertheless, the start of his career can not be called starry, despite the victory in 1971 at the Karayan conducting competition in Berlin. There was no dazzling brightness of the young Temirkanov, originality and onslaught of Gergiev’s later. It was very professional, impeccable from the point of view of personal qualities, a conductor who was distinguished by the possession of a special art of communication with the orchestra - this style is called “Western” - respectful, correct, but solid. The relationship of the orchestra and conductor is a rich topic for development. Mravinsky, who led the orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonic for 50 years, until his death in 1988, the Russian aristocrat and despot, the orchestrants were afraid of a colic in the stomach. Temirkanova Orchestrants quietly adore, but they fear: hot, unpredictable. Gergiev, like Peter the Great, created an empire on the bones of slaves, reins in his meat grinder hundreds, thousands of music lives. In St. Petersburg, constantly working with “merit”, Jansons did not have his own orchestra. He was a "reserve." Since 1979, he began to lead the young symphonic orchestra in Oslo (in those days even such titans as Rozhdestvensky and Svetlanov, they twisted their hands when it came to foreign contracts, because, according to the next decree, the Soviet artist had no right to be abroad for more than 90 days a year). And Maris once passed between the jets of rain, did not emigrate, but slowly, but true, made a career in the West. His next appointment is the main invited conductor of the LSO (London Symphony, 1992 - 97) automatically included him in the world conductor's elite. This was followed by the post of chief conductor in Pittsburgh (1997 - 2004). In 2003, the lower classes wanted to, and the tops were able to elect him chief conductor of the choir and orchestra of the Bavarian radio, one of the German cultural shrines, behind which Wagner and Richard Strauss stood, and six months later he was made an offer that could not be abandoned - a similar post in the royal concertgebau, Amsterdam. In the world, thousands of conductors, hundreds are actively working, several dozen are recognized as outstanding. And to lead the two best groups in Europe at once invited one conductor. Marisa Jansons. It seems that the comments are unnecessary. This is a very polite and intelligent person of impeccable manners, of those who will be equally respectfully talked to both the Minister and the cleaner. Next to him is always his wife - a faithful friend and beloved woman, and it is impossible not to feel the warmth of their relationship even at a fleeting meeting. He is immersed in music, and, at the same time, purposeful and successful in solving purely material, organizational issues that are at the forefront of the existence of orchestras. At the beginning of this season, in a crisis, he managed to exhale in the Dutch government an increase in salaries to his orchestrate in Amsterdam. He conducts a systematic siege of German ministers, convincing them of the need to build a new concert hall in Munich. He is a man of European culture with the mentality of a resident of the European Union. Born and grown up in the USSR, who never emigrated, who retained loyalty to his country, at the same time - at the same time - not “not our” person in the sense of attitude to people and to work. Disassembled appearance, “non -public” in the sense that our media put into this word. The 2009 April tour of Marisa Jansons with the Bavarians-Zagreb, Moscow, St. Petersburg-showed the audience of these concerts something completely indescribable by words. They seemed to be brought to us a piece of Europe - on a saucer with a booty. The greatness of cultural traditions and Protestant daily, ascetic work, which gives a product of amazing quality at the output. A passionate emotional message - and humility before the greatness of the creator. In the end, the Bavarians, who entered the rage, decided to recall the BIS of the rattling of military marches like "Battle of Lucerne." Well, the traditions are alive, everyone noted with satisfaction. In general, Maris Jansons got Olympic fire for us. We will pray for his health. ___________________________________________________ * 1 Royal Orchestra Concertegebau, Amsterdam 2 orchestra of the Berlin Philharmonic 3 orchestra of the Vienna Philharmonic 4 London Symphony Orchestra 5 Chicago Symphony 6 Bavarian Radio 7 Clivenda orchestra 8 and Andgeles Filmony 9 Budapest festival orchestra 10 Dresden Staatspella 11 Boston Simphon 12 New York Philharmonic 13 San Francisco Symphony 14 Mariinsky Theater 15 Russian National Orchestra 16 Orchestra of St. Petersburg Philharmonic 17 Leipzig orchestra 18 Metro Polopolitan Orchestra 19 Sito 19 Kinen Symphony Orchestra 20 Czech Philharmonic ** The abbreviated name of the Honored Collective of Russia of the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic.