Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini was born on Mar 25, 1867 in Italy. Arturo Toscanini's big-screen debut came with Hymn of the Nations directed by Alexander Hammid in 1944. Arturo Toscanini is known for Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould directed by François Girard, Colm Feore stars as Glenn Gould and Derek Keurvorst as Gould's Father. Arturo Toscanini has got 1 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award Arturo Toscanini achieved is Grammy Awards. The upcoming new movie Arturo Toscanini plays is Nuit de chien which will be released on Jan 07, 2009.

Arturo Toscanini was the most celebrated conductor of his time, considered by many to be the greatest conductor of the twentieth century. He revolutionized musical interpretation by frequently insisting that his orchestras play the music exactly as written, a highly unusual practice in the nineteenth century, when Toscanini began his career. He conducted the world premieres of such operas as Puccini's "La Boheme" and "Turandot", and Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci". During his lifetime and for a short while afterwards,he was revered by critics (and still is by the older ones.) Today's younger critics, however, tend to look down on him, and call his fidelity to the printed score "lack of imagination" - a term which shows a total misunderstanding of Toscanini's achievements.