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Artur Rodzinsky

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Artur Rodzinsky · Arts & Literature

What

Orchestra conductor

When

1892, Split (Spalato), Dalmatia (now Croatia) — 1958, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Where

Poland · United States

Biography

Artur Rodzinsky is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Orchestra conductor

How & why

Artur Rodziński was a Polish-American conductor who directed the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony, and who trained the NBC Symphony Orchestra for Toscanini. He was born in Spalato (present-day Split) to Polish parents and is identified as Jewish by the Encyclopaedia Judaica. He was a formative figure in mid-20th-century American orchestral life.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Orchestra conductor

1892

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music