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.