“I express my deepest and most sincere condolences to the relatives and friends, colleagues and students of Maris Arvidovich Jansons in connection with his untimely death,” the press service of the city governor Alexander Beglov quotes.
According to him, Jansons was awarded the highest awards of the music society, the conductor "applauded the best halls in Europe."
Beglov added that Yansons in St. Petersburg led the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, taught at the conservatory and educated a galaxy of talented musicians. Including the work of Jansons was awarded the badge of honor "For Merit to St. Petersburg."
Earlier, the actor of the Taganka Theater, Honored Artist of Russia Viktor Semenov, died.
On October 28, member of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia, publicist Nikolai Svanidze, in an interview with the NSN, commented on the death of writer Vladimir Bukovsky.