Arturo Toscanini

Personal Info

Birthday

March 25, 1897

Day of Death

1957-01-16

(59 years old)

Place of Birth

Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Arturo Toscanini

Biography

Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his eidetic memory. He was at various times the music director of La Scala in Milan and the New York Philharmonic. Later in his career he was appointed the first music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (1937–54), and this led to his becoming a household name (especially in the United States) through his radio and television broadcasts and many recordings of the operatic and symphonic repertoire.

Known For

Is Everybody Listening?

Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)

Filmography

2009
Toscanini in His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
1993
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as Self - Conducts NBC Symphony (archive footage)
1952
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome
as Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini
as Self, Conductor
1951
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
as Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms
as Conductor (self)
1949
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida
as Conductor (self)
1948
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner
as Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms
as Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
as Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner
as Conductor (self)
Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)
as Conductor
1947
Is Everybody Listening?
as Arturo Toscanini - Orchestra Conductor
1944
I Am an American
as Self (uncredited)
Hymn of the Nations
as Himself