Maris Jansons says goodbye to Consetgebau

Today, April 22, it became known that the main conductor of the Royal Orchestra Consetgebau Maris Jansons will leave his position after the 2014-2015 season.

The schedule of concerts and the date of the last performance of the orchestra led by Jansons will announce the orchestra administration in the near future, according to the website of Consetgebau.

The message emphasizes that, parting, the orchestra and its main conductor maintain the best relationships and deep mutual respect.

For the first time, Marie Jansons was conducted by the Royal Orchestra Consetgebau in 1988, in 2004 he became his chief conductor. The period of the leadership of Jansons is considered one of the most successful in the history of the Chief Symphony Orchestra of the Netherlands. So, in 2008, the International Jury of Musical Critics recognized Consetgebau the best orchestra in the world.

The regulations of the Royal Orchestra Consetgebau under the direction of Marisa Jansons, published on the Rco Live orchestra’s own label, have repeatedly won international prizes. In 2011, the production of the opera Evgeny Onegin brought to Maestro Jansons Opera Oscar - the award of the German magazine Opernwelt .

Among the programs that Maris Jansons performed in 2013, in the year of the anniversary of Consetgebau, was the first performance of the orchestra in Russia since 1974.

In November 2013, on the day of the 25th anniversary of his debut with Consetgebau, Maris Jansons was dedicated to the knights of the Order of the Dutch lion.