CONDUCTORS from Croatia

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Croatian Conductors of all time. This list of famous Croatian Conductors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Felix Weingartner (1863 - 1942)

With an HPI of 59.20, Felix Weingartner is the most famous Croatian Conductor.  His biography has been translated into 32 different languages on wikipedia.

Paul Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg (2 June 1863 – 7 May 1942) was an Austrian conductor, composer and pianist.

2. Lovro von Matačić (1899 - 1985)

With an HPI of 55.13, Lovro von Matačić is the 2nd most famous Croatian Conductor.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Lovro von Matačić (14 February 1899 – 4 January 1985) was a Croatian conductor and composer.

3. Artur Rodziński (1892 - 1958)

With an HPI of 51.90, Artur Rodziński is the 3rd most famous Croatian Conductor.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Artur Rodziński (2 January 1892 – 27 November 1958) was a Polish and American conductor of orchestral music and opera. He began his career after World War I in Poland, where he was discovered by Leopold Stokowski, who invited him to be his assistant with the Philadelphia Orchestra. This engagement led to Rodziński becoming music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He also prepared the NBC Symphony Orchestra for Arturo Toscanini before the Italian conductor's debut with them. A dispute in Chicago led to Rodziński's dismissal in 1948, whereupon he shifted his career to Europe, eventually settling in Italy, although continuing to maintain a home in Lake Placid, New York. In November 1958, beset by heart disease, he made his professional return to the United States for the first time in a decade, conducting acclaimed performances of Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Exhausted, he checked into Massachusetts General Hospital where he died 11 days later.