Marek Janowski

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Marek Janowski (born 18 February 1939 in Warsaw) is a Polish-born conductor. He grew up in Germany and has spent much of his career in France. He has served as music director in Freiburg and at the Dortmund Opera, the latter from 1973 to 1979.

Since 2000, Janowski has been principal conductor of the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. He is scheduled to step down from this post in 2009, to be succeeded by Yakov Kreizberg.^[1]

Beginning in 2005, Janowski has served as one of the conductors in a "triumvirate" of conductor leadership with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, with Sir Andrew Davis and Yan Pascal Tortelier, providing artistic guidance for the orchestra in the absence of a single music director. According to the orchestra's website, Janowski focuses on the "core German repertoire". He has recorded music by Beethoven, Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms, Carl Maria von Weber, and Richard Strauss, among other composers. His contract with Pittsburgh is scheduled to expire in 2008.

Beginning with the 2005/06 season, Janowski entered a five year contract as Artistic and Music Director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.

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• Marek Janowski at Allmusic
• Marek Janowski biography at Intermusica Artists' Management agency
• Marek Janowski biography at the Pittsburgh Symphony

Preceded by Gilbert Amy	Music Director, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France 1984-2000	Succeeded by Myung-Whun Chung
Preceded by Yuri Ahronovich	Kapellmeister, Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne 1986-1990	Succeeded by James Conlon
Preceded by James DePreist	Music Director, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic 2000-present	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos	Principal Conductor, Berlin Radio Symphony 2002-present	Succeeded by incumbent

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