If the name Artur Rodzinski means little to music lovers today, that’s because time and more media-savvy maestros have eclipsed his fame. But from the 1930s till his death in 1958, this Polish ...

WRR Radio will mark the 50th anniversary of conductor Arthur Rodzinski’s death by releasing a special documentary, “Artur (no ”H“) Rodzinski: A Perfectionist’s Legacy,” in his honor. Rodzinski is ...

The phone rang in the Chicago Symphony’s office, and a familiar voice spoke all-too-familiar words: “Dr. Rodzinski cannot conduct rehearsal today.” Assistant Conductor Tauno Hannikainen was hurriedly ...

A conductor’s job is to make harmony. He plays the most complicated musical instrument conceivable—a symphony orchestra. When he plays well, he has only to raise his hand, or nod his head, and strings ...

(Editor’s note: Longtime columnist Frank Shatz shared this memory of former Lake Placid summer residents Artur and Halina Lilpop Rodzinski. Artur, a famous Polish conductor, died in 1958 at the age of ...

As James North, Eloquence’s excellent annotator for ‘Artur Rodzinski: Complete Westminster Recordings’, points out, ‘Rodzinski (1892-1958) was born in Split in what was then the Kingdom of Dalmatia’.