Marek Janowski

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Marek Janowski (born 18 February 1939 in Warsaw) is a Polish-born conductor who grew up in Germany and 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.

As of 2005, Janowski is one of the conductors in a "triumvirate" of conductors 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, Wagner, Brahms, Weber, and Richard Strauss, among other composers. He will soon produce live recordings with the Pittsburgh Symphony of the symphonic works of Brahms (including the four symphonies, eight of the Hungarian Dances, and the Variations on a Theme by Haydn) for the Tritone label.

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Preceded by David Atherton	Principal Conductor, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 1983–1986	Succeeded by Libor Pešek
Preceded by Gilbert Amy	Music Director, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France 1984–2000	Succeeded by Myung-Whun Chung
Preceded by James DePreist	Music Director, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra 2000–	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Michel Plasson	Principal Conductor, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra 2001–2004	Succeeded by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Preceded by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos	Principal Conductor, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra 2002–	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Pinchas Steinberg	Principal Conductor, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2005–	Succeeded by incumbent