Pre-Order: Arvids Jansons - Shostakovich: Symphonies 5 & 9 (Live) (CD) (New (N)) Modern English Beloved by critics

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Pre-Order: Arvids Jansons - Shostakovich: Symphonies 5 & 9 (Live) (CD) (New (N)) Modern English Beloved by criticsArvids Jansons (1914 1984) was born in Liepaja on Latvia's west coast. He studied violin from 1929 until 1935 at the Conservatory of Liepaja, then composition and conducting (under Leo Blech) at the Conservatory of Riga from 1940 until 1944 while working as a violinist at Riga Opera. In 1944 he was appointed conductor of Riga Opera, then of the Latvian Radio Orchestra (1947 1952). In 1952 he was appointed associate conductor of the Leningrad