Marek Janowski

Marek Janowski commands my respect as one of those conductors who let the music speak rather than the personality. Born in Warsaw in 1939 and later German by career, he built a reputation for clear-eyed, structurally rigorous readings, especially of the German Romantic repertoire and Wagner. The Cross of the Order of Merit he holds reflects how seriously Germany takes his contribution. I find his kind of conducting unfashionable in an era of showmen, and that's exactly why I value it. At his age he represents a living link to an older interpretive tradition, and I'd happily take his unflashy precision over flashier batons any day.

Name (English)

Marek Janowski

Name (Japanese)

マレク・ヤノフスキ

Reading

まれく・やのふすき

Born

February 18, 1939 (age 87)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rabbit

Origin

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Occupation

conductor / choir director

Awards & achievements

• Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%8E%E3%83%95%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD

Tags

• Masovian Voivodeship
• conductor
• choir director

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.