Nationality of conductor Maris Jansons and chess grandmaster Mikhail Tal (7)

I believe the answer is:

latvian

(Other definitions for latvian that I've seen before include "European national" , "like rider on tiger" , "Baltic language" , "From one Baltic state" , "republican" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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