After the Russian revolution it became a state orchestra, and after St. Petersburg was renamed Leningrad the orchestra was renamed the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. However, In 1991 both the orchestra and its home city returned to their original names. Today it is an internationally recognized symphony orchestra.
Evgeny Mravinsky was the orchestra's Music Director from 1938 to 1988. The orchestra has been particularly associated with the music of Shostakovich and premiered eight of his symphonies.
Mariss Jansons, son of the Latvian conductor Arvid Jansons, was born in Riga in 1943.
He studied violin, viola, piano, and conducting at Leningrad University and Conservatory, and in 1969 continued his studies in Vienna with Hans Swarowsky and in Salzburg with Herbert von Karajan.
At the age of 22 he became principal flautist of the Berlin Philharmonic under Claudio Abbado, having previously held that position with the Basle Radio Symphony Orchestra under Nello Santi and the Munich Philharmonic under Sergiu Celibidache.
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