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Jānis Ivanovs
Person · male · Latvia · Preiļi · born 1906 · died 1983 · recording since 1996
Latvian composer (1906-1983)
Also known as ヤニス・イヴァノフス
Timeline
11 events▣ Album 8◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1900s
1980s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Symphonies nos. 2 and 3
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Album
Album: Symphony no. 1 "Poema-Sinfonia" / Latgalian Landscapes / Symphony no. 2
Album
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2000s
· Album
Album: Symphony no. 8 / Symphonic Poem “Lacplesis” / Music from the Film: “The Late Frost in Spring”
Album
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2020s
Biography
English biography378 words · 8 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1363934447
Biography
Jānis Ivanovs (9 October 1906 [O.S. September 26] – 27 March 1983) was a Latvian composer whose later career took place in the Soviet Union.
Biography
In 1931, he graduated from the Latvian State Conservatory in Riga. In 1944, he joined the conservatory's faculty, becoming a full professor in 1955.
He is regarded as being the most distinguished Latvian symphonist. His love of melody is evident in each of his compositions, and forms the essence of his works. He often drew inspiration from the native songs of the Latgale district in eastern Latvia. His grasp of orchestral color and musical texture were highly regarded by his colleagues. The Latvian composer and music critic Marģeris Zariņš described Ivanovs' symphonies as "like ancient Greek tragedies, filled with ecstasy and purification." He is mostly remembered for his twenty-one symphonies. Nevertheless, he composed in many other fields, including five symphonic poems, concertos for piano, violin and cello, three string quartets, and numerous vocal, piano and various chamber works.
He became the People's Artist of the USSR in 1965, was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1950 and Latvian SSR State Prize in 1959 and 1970.
Symphonies
No. 1 in B-flat minor Poema Sinfonia (1933)
No. 2 in D minor (1937)
No. 3 in F minor (1938)
No. 4 Atlantis with female choir (1941)
No. 5 in C major (1945)
No. 6 Latgalian (1949)
No. 7 in C minor (1953)
No. 8 in B minor (1956)
No. 9 (1960)
No. 10 (1963)
No. 11 in E-flat minor (1965)
No. 12 in C major Sinfonia Energica (1967)
No. 13 in D minor Sinfonia Humana (1969)
No. 14 Sinfonia da Camera for string orchestra (1971)
No. 15 Sinfonia Ipsa (1972)
No. 16 (1974)
No. 17 in C major (1976)
No. 18 (1977)
No. 19 (1979)
No. 20 in E-flat major (1981)
No. 21 in C major (1983, Unfinished)
Tone poems
Rainbow (1939)
Lāčplēsis (1957)
Poema Luttuoso for string orchestra (1966)
Novella Brevis (1982)
Other orchestral works
Violin Concerto in E minor (1951)
Cello Concerto in B minor (1952)
Piano Concerto in D minor (1959)
Chamber music
String Quartet no. 1 (1931/32)
String Quartet no. 2 in C major (1946)
String Quartet no. 3 (1961)
Piano Trio (1976, published 1979)
Piano works
Three Sketches
Sonata Brevis
Andante Replicado in E-flat minor
Choral music
Vocalises for SATB chorus a capella (1964–1982)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 17 | 76.4th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 8 | 81.1th |
| Studio albums | 8 | 88.9th |
| Awards recorded | 7 | 98.2th |
| Timeline events | 11 | 87.9th |
| Recording span (years) | -13 | 8.6th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (8 release groups · 8 studio albums)
Albums · 8
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:01:32
1Symphony no. 2 in D minor: I. Adagio8:162Symphony no. 2 in D minor: II. Andante12:203Symphony no. 2 in D minor: III. Andante (maestoso)9:174Symphony no. 3 in F minor: I. Adagio – Allegro moderato9:405Symphony no. 3 in F minor: II. Andante10:116Symphony no. 3 in F minor: III. Allegro3:567Symphony no. 3 in F minor: IV. Moderato7:52Symphony no. 4 "Atlantis" / Rainbow (Symphonic Poem)
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:02:36
1Rainbow, Symphonic Poem in D-flat major10:302Symphony no. 4 in E-flat major "Atlantis": I. Ira Dei. Legenda16:183Symphony no. 4 in E-flat major "Atlantis": II. Posseidonia. Papylon12:554Symphony no. 4 in E-flat major "Atlantis": III. Aedes Sacra9:535Symphony no. 4 in E-flat major "Atlantis": IV. Finis13:00Symphony no. 3 / The Cloudy Mountain / Cello Concerto
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 58:14
1Symphony no. 3 in F minor: I. Adagio - Allegro moderato9:152Symphony no. 3 in F minor: II. Andante9:333Symphony no. 3 in F minor: III. Allegro3:394Symphony no. 3 in F minor: IV. Moderato - Allegro moderato7:295Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor: I. Allegro moderato5:256Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor: II. Andante non troppo7:067Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor: III. Moderato - Allegro moderato6:448The Cloudy Mountain, Symphonic Poem9:03Symphony no. 1 "Poema-Sinfonia" / Latgalian Landscapes / Symphony no. 2
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:02:40
1Symphony no. 1 in B-flat minor13:122Latgalian Landscapes: I. Introduction6:133Latgalian Landscapes: II. The Blue Lakes7:344Latgalian Landscapes: III. Dance4:085Symphony no. 2 in D minor: I. Adagio - Allegro molto9:336Symphony no. 2 in D minor: II. Andante13:047Symphony no. 2 in D minor: III. Andante (Maestoso)8:56Symphony no. 10 / Piano Concerto / Andante
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:03:37
1Piano Concerto in D minor: I. Moderato - Maestoso - Rubato11:542Piano Concerto in D minor: II. Andante moderato6:203Piano Concerto in D minor: III. Allegro con brio7:434Andante7:335Symphony no. 10: I. Dialogo: Allegro moderato10:486Symphony no. 10: II. Toccato Basso ostinato: Allegro ma non troppo5:567Symphony no. 10: III. Intermezzo: Andante con dolore8:128Symphony no. 10: IV. Finale: Allegro moderato5:11Symphony no. 8 / Symphonic Poem “Lacplesis” / Music from the Film: “The Late Frost in Spring”
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:05:45
1Music from the Film “The Late Frost in Spring”: I. Introduction1:332Music from the Film “The Late Frost in Spring”: II. Scene0:413Music from the Film “The Late Frost in Spring”: III. Wedding2:504Music from the Film “The Late Frost in Spring”: IV. Eda2:055Music from the Film “The Late Frost in Spring”: V. Andris1:106Music from the Film “The Late Frost in Spring”: VI. Andris meets Liena1:447Music from the Film “The Late Frost in Spring”: VII. Matisins5:418Music from the Film “The Late Frost in Spring”: VIII. Cemetary1:559Music from the Film “The Late Frost in Spring”: IX. Finale0:5810Symphony no. 8: I. Andante allegro11:5011Symphony no. 8: II. Allegro3:1412Symphony no. 8: III. Andante11:2213Symphony no. 8: IV. Allegro energico6:3014Lacplesis, Symphonic Poem14:122004 · studio album
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:07:25
1Symphony No. 17 in C Major: I. Moderato. Allegro11:252Symphony No. 17 in C Major: II. Allegro4:413Symphony No. 17 in C Major: III. Adagio8:174Symphony No. 17 in C Major: IV. Allegro Moderato7:435Symphony No. 18 in E Minor: I. Moderato Tranquillo11:276Symphony No. 18 in E Minor: II. Allegro5:477Symphony No. 18 in E Minor: III. Andante Tenebroso13:028Symphony No. 18 in E Minor: IV. Allegro Moderato5:03
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jānis Ivanovs head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 17 | 76.4th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 8 | 81.1th |
| Studio albums | 8 | 88.9th |
| Awards recorded | 7 | 98.2th |
| Timeline events | 11 | 87.9th |
| Recording span (years) | -13 | 8.6th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Honored Art Worker of the Latvian SSR | won | |
| — | Order of Lenin | won | |
| — | Order of the Red Banner of Labour | won | |
| — | People's Artist of the USSR | won | |
| — | Q4313310 | won | |
| — | Stalin Prize | won | |
| — | Stalin Prize, 2nd degree | won |
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bf8d8faa-4d9e-4186-9fa7-396f232a0c03discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bf8d8faa-4d9e-4186-9fa7-396f232a0c03core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1359503genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1359503seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Ivanovsbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Ivanovs
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Wikidata: Q1359503 · MusicBrainz: bf8d8faa-4d9e-4186-9fa7-396f232a0c03
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