Arturo Toscanini
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1897-03-25
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
Acting
(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)
(1952)
(1951)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
as Conductor (self)
(1951)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms
as Conductor (self)
(1949)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida
as Conductor (self)
(1949)
(1948)
(1948)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner
as Conductor (self)
(1948)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms
as Conductor (self)
(1948)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner
as Conductor (self)
(1948)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
as Conductor (self)
(1947)
Is Everybody Listening?
as Arturo Toscanini - Orchestra Conductor
(1944)
Hymn of the Nations
as Himself
(1944)
I Am an American
as Self (uncredited)
Crew
(1908)
The Girl from Arles
Original Music Composer