Arturo Toscanini

Known for ActingBorn 1897-03-25Died 1957-01-16Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9

The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Is Everybody Listening?

I Am an American

The Girl from Arles

Hymn of the Nations

Toscanini in His Own Words

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms

Behind Your Radio Dial

Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms