A Portrait of Mariss Jansons – Music is the Language of the Heart and Soul

In his film on Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons, Robert Neumüller takes us on a fascinating tour of a life devoted to music. We accompany Jansons as he prepares for his conductorship of the most famous concert in the world, the New Year's Concert of the Wiener Philharmoniker from the Vienna Musikverein. While historical footage documents important stations of his early career, long-time companions and artists speak about their work with the conductor. We also watch him working with "his" two orchestras, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam.